Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on the Retinal Layers: A Quantitative Evaluation with Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography.

Purpose. To evaluate the effect of hydroxychloroquine on retinal pigment epithelium- (RPE-) Bruch's membrane complex, photoreceptor outer segment, and macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (GCIPL) thicknesses using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Methods.

Retinal nerve fiber layer, ganglion cell complex, and choroidal thicknesses in migraine.

Purpose: To evaluate the thicknesses of the peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), ganglion cell complex (GCL), and choroid layer using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) for investigating the effects of vascular changes on the eye and optic nerve in patients who have migraine with aura.

Methods: Forty-five patients who had migraine with aura (migraine group) and 45 healthy individuals (control group) were enrolled in the study. Age, gender, duration after migraine diagnosis, intraocular pressure, and axial length measurements were recorded in each case.

Association of Glomerular Filtration Rate with Inflammation in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.

Background: We aimed to estimate the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and to determine the relationship between GFR with C-reactive protein (CRP) and uric acid.

Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, one-hundred and forty PCOS women and 60 healthy subjects were evaluated. The study was carried out at Endocrinol- ogy Outpatient Clinic, Erzurum Training and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey, from December 2010 to January 2011.

Corneal collagen crosslinking for ectasia after laser in situ keratomileusis: long-term results.

Purpose: To report the long-term results of corneal collagen crosslinking (CXL) treatment for post-laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) ectasia.

Settings: Turkiye Hospital Eye Clinic and Fatih University Medical Faculty, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul, Turkey.

Design: Retrospective case series study.

Long-term outcomes of intrastromal corneal ring segment implantation for post-LASIK ectasia.

Purpose: To report the long-term results of intrastromal corneal ring segments (ICRS) for postoperative LASIK ectasia.

Method: In this retrospective interventional cases series, 8 eyes of 6 patients who underwent femtosecond laser-assisted ICRS implantation for post-LASIK ectasia were enrolled. Main outcome measures were uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA), corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA), spherical equivalent refraction, and average keratometry (Kavg) values were assessed.

The predictive power of endocrine tests for the diagnosis of polycystic ovaries in women with oligoamenorrhea.

Various hormonal parameters and the best logistic regression model to predict disease probability were evaluated in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Concentrations of LH, FSH, LH/FSH ratio, testosterone, free testosterone, SHBG and insulin in serum were recorded in 32 women with PCOS and in 25 controls. A model including LH/FSH ratio, insulin and testosterone measurements yielded the best goodness of fit for classification of women with and without PCOS in the logistic regression analysis.

Ultrasonographic dimensions of the vertical span of the fetal iliac bone and relationship with some fetal parameters.

Using fetal ultrasonography, disorders of developmental delay and congenital malformations are promptly diagnosed. Skeletal abnormalities are relatively easy to notice once standards of growth are established. The iliac bone is frequently affected in skeletal problems, yet it has not been extensively studied.