Laser Flare Photometry to Monitor Childhood Chronic Uveitis: A Preliminary Report of a Monocentric Italian Experience.

: Childhood chronic non-infectious uveitis (cNIU) is a challenging disease that needs close monitoring. Slit lamp evaluation (SLE) is the cornerstone of ophthalmological evaluation for uveitis, but it is affected by interobserver variability and may be problematic in children. Laser flare photometry (LFP), a novel and objective technique, might be used in children with uveitis.

Leopard-like retinopathy and severe early-onset portal hypertension expand the phenotype of KARS1-related syndrome: a case report.

Background: Mutations in lysyl-tRNA synthetase (KARS1), an enzyme that charges tRNA with the amino acid lysine in both the cytoplasm and mitochondria, have been associated thus far with autosomal recessive Charcot-Marie-Tooth type CMTRIB, hearing loss type DFNB89, and mitochondrial encephalohepatopathy (MEH) featuring neurodevelopmental disorders with microcephaly, white matter changes, and cardiac and hepatic failure in less than 30 patients.

Case Presentation: We report the clinical, biochemical and molecular findings of a 14-month-old girl with severe MEH compatible clinical features, profound sensorineural hearing loss, leopard spot retinopathy, pancytopenia, and advanced liver disease with portal hypertension leading to death at the age of 30 months.

Conclusions: Whole exome sequencing identified two rare variants in KARS1 gene.

Study protocol: safety and efficacy of propranolol 0.2% eye drops in newborns with a precocious stage of retinopathy of prematurity (DROP-ROP-0.2%): a multicenter, open-label, single arm, phase II trial.

Background: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) still represents one of the leading causes of visual impairment in childhood. Systemic propranolol has proven to be effective in reducing ROP progression in preterm newborns, although safety was not sufficiently guaranteed. On the contrary, topical treatment with propranolol eye micro-drops at a concentration of 0.

Propranolol 0.1% eye micro-drops in newborns with retinopathy of prematurity: a pilot clinical trial.

Background: Oral propranolol reduces retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) progression, although not safely. This study evaluated safety and efficacy of propranolol eye micro-drops in preterm newborns with ROP.

Methods: A multicenter open-label trial, planned according to the Simon optimal two-stage design, was performed to analyze safety and efficacy of propranolol micro-drops in newborns with stage 2 ROP.

Preservative-free diclofenac sodium 0.1% for vernal keratoconjunctivitis.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of prolonged treatment with preservative-free diclofenac sodium 0.1% eye drops in patients with vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC).

Methods: A prospective open study was performed in 22 patients with VKC treated with preservative-free diclofenac sodium 0.