Blindness and eye disease in Cambodia.

Purpose: To assess the prevalence and etiology of blindness and low vision and to assess the prevalence of common eye diseases in central Cambodia.

Methods: In this cross-sectional, population-based study, 6,558 residents of Kandal Province, Cambodia were registered, and 5,803 (88.5%) were interviewed and examined.

Immunosuppressive agents and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for ocular immune and inflammatory disorders.

We now have at our disposal several nonsteroidal immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory agents that may be used in addition to or instead of corticosteroids to treat ocular diseases. This article discusses some of the nonsteroidal immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory agents available to the ophthalmologist.

VIP immunoreactivity in human aqueous humor.

Purpose: To demonstrate the presence of vasoactive intestinal pep-tide (VIP)-immunoreactive molecule in the human aqueous humor collected from eyes undergoing either cataract or glaucoma surgeries and to identify them asses of molecules responsible for the VIP immunoreactivity.

Methods: Aqueous humor specimens were collected by parencentesis from nine cataract patients and also from eight patients undergoing glaucoma surgery following the creation of the limbal based conjunctival flap, partial dissection of the scleral flap, and application of mitomycin-C. The aqueous humor specimens were analyzed by radioimmunoassay to determine the level of VIP immunoreactivity.