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Sight is one of the most important sensory functions, more than 30% of the human brain is in fact involved in processing visual information. Sight loss, of all the possible......

Diabetes mellitus and its relationship to diabetic retinopathy Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is among the most common metabolic diseases in the world and......

Macular hole (MH, Macular Hole) is a full-thickness retinal defect in the foveolar area that results in the impairment of central vision. Idiopathic age-related macular hole occurs in......

Deficiency of LAMP2, a glycoprotein mainly expressed in the Retinal Pigmented Epithelium, is associated with the onset of AMD (Age-Related Macular Degeneration). In an experiment conducted in mice, inactivation of the gene that......

Retinopathy of the Premature (ROP): A new predictive model is able to identify the risk of ROP, an eye disease that can lead to blindness, at an early stage. The model, available under......

It is a viable option for managing rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in children.

Scleral cerclage of the eye can be an important surgical technique for repairing rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in paediatric patients. As an eye surgery technique, scleral cerclage......

Today, 10 October 2019, on the occasion of World Sight Day, the SOI (Società Oftalmologica Italiana) and the IAPB Italia are making available throughout the country, starting from......

Choroideremia is a rare genetic disease linked to the X chromosome, characterised by chorioretinal dystrophy and determined by sequence variations or deletions in the CHM gene. This gene codes for......