Sentences with phrase «ocular findings»

To evaluate the ocular findings in infants with microcephaly associated with presumed intrauterine ZIKV infection in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

Objective To evaluate the ocular findings in infants with microcephaly associated with presumed intrauterine ZIKV infection in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

Structural eye anomalies (in particular, microphthalmia and coloboma), cataracts, intraocular calcifications, and posterior ocular findings have been reported in infants with presumed and laboratory - confirmed prenatal ZIKV infection; however, posterior findings have been the most prevalent.21,25,28,33,35,36,41 - 43 Case series report chorioretinal atrophy, focal pigmentary mottling of the retina, and optic nerve atrophy / anomalies.28, 34,37,41 - 43,55 Series of 20 or more infants with presumed ZIKV - associated microcephaly report ocular findings in 24 % to 55 %.28, 33,42 In one study, testing for ZIKV IgM was performed in 24 of 40 infants (60 %) with microcephaly and the results were positive in the cerebrospinal fluid in 100 % of those tested.42 The proportion of infants with ocular lesions did not differ in those with and without testing.42 In that series, first trimester maternal infection and smaller head circumference significantly correlated with the presence of abnormal ocular findings.42

Active chorioretinitis, a possible precursor of chorioretinal atrophy, has not been reported in infants with congenital ZIKV infection, and the pattern of ocular findings differs from those in other congenital infections.56 In particular, retinal lesions, including well - defined chorioretinal atrophy and gross pigmentation, generally affecting the macular region, are unique to ZIKV infection (Figure 3).

One reason for their inclusion is that many also have mutations with ocular findings only.

In addition, it is unknown how often infants born without recognizable abnormalities of ZIKV infection will later develop problems (e.g., cognitive impairment, hearing loss, ocular findings), as has been seen with other congenital infections, for example, rubella.»

As most studies have only carefully examined infants with presumed or confirmed congenital ZIKV infection who have microcephaly, more studies are needed to understand ocular findings in those infants with congenital ZIKV infection without microcephaly.

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UNITY BluTech lenses contain two natural blue - filtering properties that are found in the human eye: Ocular Lens Pigment and Melanin.

Researchers say the finding could be harnessed in the future to make an «eye in a dish,» a tool that would be invaluable in coaxing stem cells to develop into ocular tissues.

They detected little or no MHCI expression in some areas of the brain, but they found it in several other places, including the visual cortex while the ocular dominance columns were forming, and in the hippocampus — an area of the brain associated with learning and memory — at all ages.

«The concept of columns in the brain is not entirely new,» observes Hosoya, referring to orientation and ocular dominance columns found in the visual cortices of monkeys and cats.

Researchers who observed great white sharks scavenge a whale carcass off the coast of South Africa found that multiple animals fed beside each other at the same time, displaying relaxed behavior such as a belly - up posture and a lack of ocular rotation.

Looking at 250 samples in the lab (116 from cotton swabs of the conjunctiva, 114 from cotton swabs of skin under the eye, and 20 contact lenses), researchers found a higher diversity of bacteria on the ocular surface than on the skin under the eye or on the contact lenses, which was a surprising result, Dominguez - Bello said.

Additionally the presence of an accessory tear gland allows for even greater tear production and rinsing of the ocular surface than is found in primates.

«New findings show promise for treatment of Graves» disease and other ocular disorders.»

Researchers found that survivors were at significantly increased risk of ocular deficits, blurred vision, hearing loss, and neurologic abnormalities such as difficulty swallowing and sleeping.

The finding, reported in tomorrow's issue of Science, gives insight into potential treatments for people with ocular herpes, the principal infectious cause of blindness in developed countries.

The team found that, unlike control mice, which only undergo ocular dominance shifts if an eye is closed early in life, mice without Lynx1 still showed these shifts for eye manipulations well into adulthood.

The authors speculate that possible explanations for this finding is that reflex tearing might help flush PM from the ocular surface, or that environmental PM10 levels currently in Korea are not high enough to induce adverse effects on the ocular surface.

In 459 patients with ocular melanoma at 12 centers in the United States and Canada, the researchers found the test could successfully classify tumors more than 97 percent of the time.

Each parasite egg and larvae found was photographed and measured at 40 × and 60 × with a calibrated ocular micrometer.

These findings indicate that FHV - 1 causes qualitative tear film abnormalities that may contribute to ocular discomfort, prolonged healing of ulcers, and persistent inflammation.

Rockstar was also found to have bladder stones and an ocular condition called entropion where the eyelid margins roll inward causing irritation to his corneas.

The Canine Eye Registration Foundation regularly evaluates the ocular diseases commonly found in each breed.

As certain ocular problems are found to be more frequent or believed to have an inherited component to them, it may be advised that affected animals should not be bred.

During a two year period in the early 1980s, 144 Cavaliers were screened for eye problems in Sweden, and 11 cases of congenital ocular defects were found.

Currently, her lab is focused on finding drugs suitable for eliminating mammary cancer and ocular herpevirus infections in small companion animals, and evaluating the effectiveness of stem cell therapies for treating skin wounds in horses — all of which may also be used in humans and other animals.