Publications by authors named "Julie A King"

Background: The intersection between health, disability and transport has significant practical challenges for people with a disability living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where road infrastructure is poor and travel unsafe. Lack of transport access to health, education, employment and other services impedes achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and affects quality of life. The Journey Access Tool (JAT) combines access audit and road safety audit approaches to identify barriers to transport on journeys taken by people with a disability.

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Purpose: We report the occurrence and outcome of a severe late-onset traumatic dislocation of a laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) flap with loss of central flap tissue.

Methods: Case report.

Results: A 40-year-old woman underwent uncomplicated bilateral LASIK surgery, followed 5 years later by an enhancement procedure in both eyes.

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Purpose: To report a case of corneal copper deposition associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Design: Case report.

Methods: A 65-year-old woman with a history of CLL was diagnosed with bilateral corneal opacification.

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Purpose: To determine whether primary, polymorphic, corneal amyloid deposition is associated with a mutation of the TGFBI gene.

Methods: Interventional case series of 8 patients. Slit lamp examination of all patients and photodocumentation of 5 patients were performed.

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Purpose: To report a unique corneal dystrophy characterized by deposits at Bowman's layer and stromal lattice lines associated with the Gly623Asp missense mutation in the transforming growth factor beta-induced (TGFBI) gene.

Design: Experimental study.

Participants And Controls: The proband, 3 affected siblings, 4 unaffected relatives, and 100 control individuals.

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The susceptibility of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss to infection with various isolates of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) was examined. A total of 8 experiments with rainbow trout ranging from 0.6 to 6.

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