This review describes a scheme for diagnosis of glaucoma in population based prevalence
surveys. Cases are diagnosed on the grounds of both structural and functional evidence of …

Eosinophils are pleiotropic multifunctional leukocytes involved in initiation and propagation
of diverse inflammatory responses, as well as modulators of innate and adaptive immunity …

Eosinophils have been traditionally perceived as terminally differentiated cytotoxic effector
cells. Recent studies have profoundly altered this simplistic view of eosinophils and their …

Peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(AIDS) or with signs or symptoms that frequently precede AIDS (pre-AIDS) were grown in …

Airways inflammation is thought to play a central role in the pathogenesis of asthma.
However, the precise role that individual inflammatory cells and mediators play in the …

purpose. To determine the epidemiology of refractive errors in an adult Chinese population
in Singapore. methods. A disproportionate, stratified, clustered, random-sampling procedure …

AIMS To derive preliminary estimates for the number of adults in China suffering from
glaucoma, and project the burden of visual morbidity attributable to primary and secondary …

Background Data on prevalence of glaucoma in East Asia are scarce. Objective To
determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of glaucoma in adult Chinese …

Purpose Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a frequent, complex disorder in elderly
of European ancestry. Risk profiles and treatment options have changed considerably over …

Background: Limited evidence suggests that a higher ratio of protein to carbohydrate during
weight loss has metabolic advantages. Objective: The objective was to evaluate the effects …