2 results match your criteria: "Department of Ophthalmology Leiden University Medical Center[Affiliation]"
Mediterranean Diet Score and Its Association with Age-Related Macular Degeneration: The European Eye Study.
Ophthalmology
January 2017
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Purpose: To examine associations between adherence to a Mediterranean diet and prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in countries ranging from Southern to Northern Europe.
Design: Cross-sectional, population-based epidemiologic study.
Participants: Of 5060 randomly sampled people aged 65 years or older from 7 study centers across Europe (Norway, Estonia, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Greece, and Spain), full dietary data were available in 4753.
Radiation Treatment Affects Chromosome Testing in Uveal Melanoma.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
September 2015
Department of Ophthalmology Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether radiation treatment induces chromosomal aberrations in uveal melanoma (UM) and to evaluate which tumor features determine success of karyotyping and FISH.
Methods: Material from 327 UM-containing enucleated eyes was submitted for karyotyping, while FISH for chromosome 3 was performed in 248 samples. Thirty-six UMs had previously undergone irradiation.