The cornea is a transparent ocular structure. The transmission and refraction of light through the cornea depend primarily on a highly specialized ultrastructure. The corneal stroma is carefully ...

There is high variability in access to, and quality of, bone density scanning facilities worldwide, according to a landmark global study carried out at the Medical Research Council Lifecourse ...

January 3, 2011 — The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued clinical guidelines regarding the use, interpretation, harms, and costs of bone densitometry in children and adolescents. The new ...

Crystals are thought to form due to the deposition of immunoglobulin light chain proteins and may diffuse from the tear film or aqueous fluid, 3 although the mechanism by which serum proteins in MM ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

According to a study published recently in the advanced edition of the journal Bone whose authors are members of the BCN MedTech research group; the company Galgo Medical, a UPF spin-off, the ...

Background: Measurement of bone mineral density is widely used to diagnose osteoporosis. The objectives of this study are to determine how bone densitometry affects subsequent treatment of osteopenia ...

To evaluate the baseline and post-vitrectomy lens densitometry values by a Scheimpflug camera in eyes with epiretinal membrane that were treated with 27-G microincision vitrectomy surgery (MIVS) ...

Beirut: The Calcium Metabolism and Osteoporosis Program (CaMOP) Bone Mineral Densitometry Unit at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) achieved the coveted accreditation on October ...