Bevacizumab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration in Chinese patients in a clinical setting.

Aim: To determine the outcome of non-investigational treatment with intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients.

Methods: Retrospective chart review of 81 eyes with neovascular AMD followed-up for at least 12mo and received 3-monthly loading IVB injections. Re-treat was based upon the individual clinician's judgment.

A longitudinal study to establish the normative value and to evaluate perinatal factors affecting intraocular pressure in preterm infants.

Purpose: To establish a normative range of intraocular pressure (IOP) in preterm infants and to identify important perinatal factors that could affect the IOP during the early weeks of neonatal life.

Methods: The IOP of 104 preterm infants, with a median (interquartile range) gestational age of 29.8 (28.

Early pituitary-adrenal responses and retinopathy of prematurity in very low birth weight infants.

This longitudinal prospective study aimed to investigate the relationship between pituitary-adrenal responses and severity of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in 92 preterm, very low birth weight infants < or = 30 wk gestation. The human corticotropin releasing hormone stimulation test was performed on these infants at D 7 and 14 of postnatal life. Univariate analysis revealed significant associations between severity of ROP and gestational age (r = -0.

Effect of indocyanine green and illumination on gene expression in human retinal pigment epithelial cells.

Purpose: To investigate the biological effects of indocyanine green (ICG) and acute illumination on human retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells.

Methods: Three concentrations (0, 0.25, and 2.