Progression of retinal pigment epithelial atrophy in stargardt disease.

Purpose: To evaluate retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) atrophy in patients with Stargardt disease using autofluorescence imaging (AF).

Design: Retrospective observational case series.

Methods: Demographics, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), AF images, and electrophysiology responses (group 1, macular dysfunction; group 2, macula + cone dysfunction; group 3, macula + cone-rod dysfunction) were evaluated at presentation and follow-up in a group of 12 patients (24 eyes) with Stargardt disease.

Diagnosis of urologic malignancies in patients with asymptomatic dipstick hematuria: prospective study with 13 years' follow-up.

Objectives: To appraise the outcomes, determine the natural history, and instigate a rationale plan for follow-up of patients with asymptomatic dipstick hematuria.

Methods: A total of 292 consecutive patients with asymptomatic dipstick hematuria referred between January 1992 and December 1994 were investigated and prospectively followed up. The initial investigations included urinalysis, urine culture and sensitivity, cytology, intravenous urography, with or without ultrasonography, and cystoscopy.

The quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies of optical coherence tomography in glaucoma.

Objective: To evaluate the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in glaucoma.

Design: Descriptive series of published studies.

Participants: Published studies reporting a measure of the diagnostic accuracy of OCT for glaucoma.

The quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies in glaucoma using the Heidelberg retina tomograph.

Purpose: Scanning laser tomography with the Heidelberg retina tomograph (HRT; Heidelberg Engineering, Heidelberg, Germany) has been proposed as a useful diagnostic test for glaucoma. This study was conducted to evaluate the quality of reporting of published studies using the HRT for diagnosing glaucoma.

Methods: A validated Medline and hand search of English-language articles reporting on measures of diagnostic accuracy of the HRT for glaucoma was performed.