Autoimmune Thyroid Disorders in Autoimmune Addison Disease.

Context: Autoimmune thyroid disease is the most common endocrine comorbidity in autoimmune Addison disease (AAD), but detailed investigations of prevalence and clinical course are lacking.

Objective: This work aimed to provide comprehensive epidemiological and clinical data on autoimmune thyroid disorders in AAD.

Methods: A nationwide registry-based study including 442 patients with AAD and autoimmune thyroid disease were identified through the Norwegian National Registry of Autoimmune Diseases.

Regeneration of epithelial defects in corneas previously treated with excimer laser. A study of cell kinetics in the rat corneal epithelium.

Purpose: The present study was to investigate, using cell kinetic methods, whether previous excimer laser treatment affected healing of later corneal epithelial erosions.

Methods: The right eyes of rats underwent central excimer corneal stromal-epithelial ablations (ArF 193 nm, 228 pulses, diameter 3,5 mm, 17,3 mJ per pulse, depth about one third of corneal thickness) and were allowed to heal for 15 weeks. Then central circular epithelial abrasions (diameter 3 mm), using N-Heptanol and mechanical debridement, were made on both corneas.

Pseudo-exfoliation and mortality.

The hypothesis that ocular pseudo-exfoliation syndrome is part of a generalized disorder has been tested by suggesting that subjects having this syndrome would have increased mortality. However, no association was found between presence of ocular pseudo-exfoliation syndrome and mortality.

Epithelial wound healing of the rat cornea after excimer laser ablation.

Rats with excimer corneal ablations (ArF 193 nm, 228 pulses, diameter 3,5 mm, 17.3 mJ per pulse, depth about 1/2 of corneal thickness) in one eye were killed 1, 2, 4, 6 and 13 days after treatment. The other eye served as control.

The middle-Norway eye-screening study. III. The prevalence of capsular glaucoma is influenced by blood-group antigens.

The association between blood groups (ABO, Rh, Kell, Duffy) and pseudo-exfoliation syndrome, simple, and capsular glaucoma have been evaluated. The findings were: 1). No statistically significant abnormalities regarding blood group distribution in persons with pseudo-exfoliation syndrome.