Reliability of self-measurement of visual acuity in AMD patients with two electronic devices based on the ETDRS chart: A randomized study.

Introduction: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) requires continuous visual acuity (VA) monitoring, increasing the burden on the health care system. Self-measurement VA tests are available on various devices. However, none of them have been based on an internationally validated benchmark chart, such as that of the Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS).

Impact of switching from ranibizumab to aflibercept on the number of intravitreous injection and follow up visit in wet AMD: results of real life ELU study.

Aim: To study if one of the two molecules could lead to a lower number of follow up visits and intra-vitreous injection (IVI) with the same efficacy.

Methods: ELU (or "elected" in French) study is a retrospective study conducted in real life in patients presenting suboptimal response after ranibizumab IVI (phase 1) and secondary switched to aflibercept (phase 2). The number of follow up visits and IVI were compared in both phases.

Phenotypic expression of diabetes secondary to a T14709C mutation of mitochondrial DNA. Comparison with MIDD syndrome (A3243G mutation): a case report.

Objective: To analyze the clinical and biochemical features of a recently described point mutation of mitochondrial DNA associated with diabetes. This mutation, characterized by a T14709C transition of a highly conserved nucleotide in the region coding for the glutamic acid tRNA, is heteroplasmic.

Research Design And Methods: The phenotypic expression in the insulin-requiring diabetic proband from the pedigree was compared to that of diabetic probands from three families with the classic A3243G mtDNA mutation (maternally inherited diabetes and deafness [MIDD] syndrome).

[Endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis. Report of 3 cases].

Since the antibiotic era, endophthalmitis has been a rare complication of bacterial septicemia. The authors report hereby 3 cases of endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis. Both eyes were involved in one case.

[Bilateral serous detachment of neuroepithelium of the posterior pole disclosing acute leukemia].

A 51 year-old woman presented with sudden loss of vision secondary to serous neuroretinal detachments of both maculas. Fluorescein angiography revealed multiple hyperfluorescent pin-point dots in the early phases. The areas of fluorescein hyperfluorescence became more diffuse as dye leaked into the subretinal space.