[Relationship between macular morphology and visual function in diabetic macular edema].

Objective: To investigate the changes and relation between macular morphology and macular visual function in different degrees of diabetic macular edema.

Methods: Seventy-eight eyes of 41 diabetic retinopathy patients were included and graded for diabetic macular edema as follows:31 were graded as no macular edema (NE), 26 as non-clinically significant macular edema (NCSME), and 21 as clinically significant macular edema (CSME). Best corrected visual acuity, macular sensitivity, and macular thickness of all included eyes were examed and quantified.

Treatment effects of captopril on non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

Background: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the most common complications of diabetes. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor is thought to play an important role in preventing and treating retinal diseases in animal models of DR. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI, captopril) in the treatment of patients with non-proliferative DR.

Femtosecond laser versus mechanical microkeratome laser in situ keratomileusis for myopia: Metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials.

Purpose: To examine differences in efficacy, accuracy, safety, and changes in aberrations between femtosecond and mechanical microkeratome laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for myopia.

Setting: Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai First People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.

Design: Evidence-based manuscript.

DNA sequencing of a plasmid with virulence from marine fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum.

DNA sequence of a plasmid pEIB1 associated with virulence from the marine fish pathogen Vibrio anguillarum was determined using the methods of restriction endonuclease digestion, subcloning, and primer walking. The whole length of obtained pEIB1 DNA sequence was 66 164 bp, and the overall G+C content of DNA sequence is 42.7%.