5 results match your criteria: "University of Western Australia and the Lions Eye Institute[Affiliation]"
Endophthalmitis following intravitreal injections administered by junior medical officers in rural Western Australia.
Clin Exp Ophthalmol
November 2024
Lions Outback Vision, Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Western Australia and the Lions Eye Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Background: Patients in rural Australia have limited access to intravitreal treatments due to a maldistribution of the ophthalmology workforce. To improve access, a novel outreach service model was implemented whereby junior medical staff administered intravitreal injections under a supervising ophthalmology consultant. This model involves outreach visits in hospitals, mobile clinics and a remote hub with intravitreal injections administered by junior doctors overseen by an ophthalmologist.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe original version of this Article contained errors in the spelling of the authors Fan Liu and M. Arfan Ikram, which were incorrectly given as Fan Lui and Arfan M. Ikram.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNovel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways.
Nat Commun
November 2018
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
The total number of acquired melanocytic nevi on the skin is strongly correlated with melanoma risk. Here we report a meta-analysis of 11 nevus GWAS from Australia, Netherlands, UK, and USA comprising 52,506 individuals. We confirm known loci including MTAP, PLA2G6, and IRF4, and detect novel SNPs in KITLG and a region of 9q32.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVitamin D and its pathway genes in myopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Br J Ophthalmol
January 2019
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Objective: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the association of blood vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D, 25(OH)D) concentration and vitamin D pathway genes with myopia.
Methods: We searched the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases for studies published up to 29 January 2018. Cross-sectional or cohort studies which evaluated the blood 25(OH)D concentration, blood 25(OH)D3 concentration or vitamin D pathway genes, in relation to risk of myopia or refractive errors were included.
Myopia is associated with lower vitamin D status in young adults.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
June 2014
Centre for Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of Western Australia and the Lions Eye Institute, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Purpose: To investigate the association between serum vitamin D levels and myopia in young adults.
Methods: A total of 946 individuals participating in the 20-year follow-up of the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study were included in this study. Ethnicity, parental myopia, and education status were ascertained by self-reported questionnaire.