Publications by authors named "Simge Bozbeyoglu"

Purpose: To describe a de novo gene mutation in a female patient with clinically characteristic findings of choroideremia (CHM).

Methods: Determination of best-corrected visual acuity, fundus examination, visual field analysis, and electroretinography were performed on a female patient with an advanced CHM phenotype. Blood samples were obtained from the patient and both her parents, and direct genomic sequencing for DNA analysis was performed on the blood samples.

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Purpose: To evaluate the natural course of visual field loss in patients with Type 2 Usher syndrome and different patterns of visual field loss.

Methods: Fifty-eight patients with Type 2 Usher syndrome who had at least three visual field measurements during a period of at least 3 years were studied. Kinetic visual fields measured on a standard calibrated Goldmann perimeter with II4e and V4e targets were analyzed.

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Purpose: To evaluate the ocular surface changes in a rabbit dry eye model by using a modified impression cytology technique.

Methods: Nitrocellulose filter paper with a pore diameter of 0.45 microm was used to collect the specimens from 12 rabbits that were injected with atropine every day for 3 days.

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Purpose: To define the indocyanine green (ICG) and fundus fluorescein angiographic (FFA) features of Behçet's disease.

Methods: The study included 49 eyes of 25 patients (19 males, 6 females; mean age: 34.1 years; age range: 14-68 years) with Behçet's disease and active ocular involvement that fulfilled the criteria of the International Study Group for Behçet's Disease.

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