A common humoral background of intraocular and arterial blood pressure dysregulation.

Background: It has been postulated that intraocular pressure, an important glaucoma risk factor, correlates positively with arterial blood pressure (blood pressure). However, results of experimental and clinical studies are often contradictory. It is hypothesized that, in some hypertensive patients, disturbances in intraocular pressure regulation may depend on biological effects of blood borne hormones underlying a particular type of hypertension, rather than on blood pressure level itself.

Physician Review Portals Do Not Favor Highly Cited US Ophthalmologists.

Purpose: Physician review portals are becoming increasingly popular among patients and often serve as a primary advisory tool during the search for a doctor. However, it has not been established whether these platforms favor leaders of the field; i.e.

Evolution of diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that occurs primarily in young adults. There is no single diagnostic test to recognize the disease. The diagnostic criteria, based on clinical examination and laboratory tests, have changed considerably over time.