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    Teprotumumab shows efficacy and safety in both shorter and longer TED courses
    JUN 08, 2022 By Steven M Couch MD
    An extension of the original OPTIC study was conducted to see if patients with a long duration of thyroid eye disease respond to teprotumumab treatment.
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    Tocilizumab may be helpful in children with uveitis refractive to anti-TNF agents
    JUN 06, 2022 By Alla Goldberg, MD
    This retrospective review is the first head-to-head study of abatacept vs tocilizumab in children with childhood chronic noninfectious uveitis (CCU).
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    Low percentage of patients with retinal artery occlusions receive stroke workups
    JUN 03, 2022 By Jessica D Randolph MD
    Emergency department imaging data were used to determine how many patients with a retinal artery occlusions (RAO) received recommended stroke workups.
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    Amphotericin B injection therapy has improved outcomes for fungal sinusitis
    JUN 03, 2022 By Richard C Allen MD PhD
    This study compared outcomes in orbital sinusitis treated before and after transcutaneous retrobulbar amphotericin B injection therapy became commonplace.
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    Allergy, eye rubbing, and atopy not associated with keratoconus
    JUN 02, 2022 By Uri Soiberman MD
    This meta-analysis was conducted to assess the possibility that eye allergies, eye rubbing, and atopy could increase risk for keratoconus.
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    Nearly half of patients with POAG have OCTA-identified wedge defects
    JUN 02, 2022 By Gillian G Treadwell, MD
    In this study, all patients with primary open-angle glaucoma had microvasculature loss (defects) to some degree, with disc hemorrhage contributing to an increased risk of wedge defects.
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    Cataract surgery is linked to a lower risk of dementia development
    MAY 26, 2022 By Ashley R Brissette, MD
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    Rat model provides clues to pathogenesis of diabetes-induced meibomian gland dysfunction
    MAY 25, 2022 By Uri Soiberman MD
    A diabetes rat model is used to examine structural changes in meibomian glands and lipid distribution in diabetes-induced meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).
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