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Loss of fine skin patterning is a sign of both aging and photoaging. Studies investigating the genetic contribution to skin patterning offer an opportunity to better understand a trait that influences both physical appearance and risk of keratinocyte skin cancer. We undertook a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of a measure of skin pattern (microtopography score) damage in 1,671 twin pairs and 1,745 singletons (N = 5,087) drawn from three independent cohorts.

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Purpose: To compare the intraoperative complications and safety of femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery and conventional phacoemulsification cataract surgery.

Setting: Single center.

Design: Prospective consecutive comparative cohort case series.

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Anterior chamber flare after femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery.

J Cataract Refract Surg

September 2013

Tasmanian Eye Institute, the Launceston Eye Institute, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

Purpose: To determine whether postoperative ocular inflammation is less after femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery than after conventional phacoemulsification (manual) cataract surgery.

Setting: Private clinic, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

Design: Prospective consecutive investigator-masked nonrandomized parallel cohort study.

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