Search Results - "Belfort, Rubens"

Zika virus in Brazil and macular atrophy in a child with microcephaly by Ventura, Camila V, Maia, Mauricio, Bravo-Filho, Vasco, Góis, Adriana L, Belfort, Rubens

“…Zika virus (ZIKV), a mosquito-borne Flavivirus, was first reported in human beings in 1952. Before April, 2015, no case had been reported in Brazil. However,…”
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Silicone Oil From Syringes-A Potentially Overlooked Issue for Intravitreal Injections by Melo, Gustavo Barreto, Maia, Maurício, Belfort, Jr, Rubens

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Three-Year, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial of Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema by Boyer, David S., MD, Yoon, Young Hee, MD, PhD, Belfort, Rubens, MD, PhD, Bandello, Francesco, MD, Maturi, Raj K., MD, Augustin, Albert J., MD, Li, Xiao-Yan, MD, Cui, Harry, MS, Hashad, Yehia, MD, Whitcup, Scott M., MD

“…Purpose To evaluate the safety and efficacy of dexamethasone intravitreal implant (Ozurdex, DEX implant) 0.7 and 0.35 mg in the treatment of patients with…”
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Clinical manifestations and visual outcomes associated with ocular toxoplasmosis in a Brazilian population by Arruda, Sigrid, Vieira, Barbara R., Garcia, Denny M., Araújo, Michelle, Simões, Milena, Moreto, Renata, Rodrigues, Murilo W., Belfort, Rubens, Smith, Justine R., Furtado, João M.

“…Ocular toxoplasmosis is the leading cause of posterior uveitis worldwide. We conducted an observational study of 262 consecutive individuals (n = 344 eyes)…”
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Risk Factors Associated With the Ophthalmoscopic Findings Identified in Infants With Presumed Zika Virus Congenital Infection by Ventura, Camila V, Maia, Mauricio, Travassos, Simone B, Martins, Thayze T, Patriota, Felipe, Nunes, Marcos Eugênio, Agra, Cristiana, Torres, Virginia L, van der Linden, Vanessa, Ramos, Regina C, Rocha, Maria Ângela W, Silva, Paula S, Ventura, Liana O, Belfort, Jr, Rubens

“…The Zika virus (ZIKV) might cause microcephaly and ophthalmoscopic findings in infants of mothers infected during pregnancy. To assess and identify possible…”
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Uveal melanoma by Jager, Martine J., Shields, Carol L., Cebulla, Colleen M., Abdel-Rahman, Mohamed H., Grossniklaus, Hans E., Stern, Marc-Henri, Carvajal, Richard D., Belfort, Rubens N., Jia, Renbing, Shields, Jerry A., Damato, Bertil E.

“…Uveal melanoma (UM) is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults. UMs are usually initiated by a mutation in GNAQ or GNA11 , unlike cutaneous…”
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Pathogenesis of ocular toxoplasmosis by Smith, Justine R., Ashander, Liam M., Arruda, Sigrid L., Cordeiro, Cynthia A., Lie, Shervi, Rochet, Elise, Belfort, Rubens, Furtado, João M.

“…Ocular toxoplasmosis is a retinitis –almost always accompanied by vitritis and choroiditis– caused by intraocular infection with Toxoplasma gondii. Depending…”
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Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial of Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in Patients with Macular Edema Due to Retinal Vein Occlusion by Haller, Julia A., MD, Bandello, Francesco, MD, Belfort, Rubens, MD, Blumenkranz, Mark S., MD, Gillies, Mark, MD, Heier, Jeffrey, MD, Loewenstein, Anat, MD, Yoon, Young-Hee, MD, Jacques, Marie-Louise, MD, Jiao, Jenny, PhD, Li, Xiao-Yan, MD, Whitcup, Scott M., MD

“…Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of dexamethasone intravitreal implant (DEX implant; OZURDEX, Allergan, Inc., Irvine, CA) compared with sham in…”
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Ocular toxoplasmosis - an update and review of the literature by Commodaro, Alessandra G, Belfort, Rubens N, Rizzo, Luiz Vicente, Muccioli, Cristina, Silveira, Claudio, Burnier Jr, Miguel N, Belfort Jr, Rubens

“…Ocular toxoplasmosis is the most common cause of posterior uveitis worldwide. The infection can be acquired congenitally or postnatally and ocular lesions may…”
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Randomized clinical trial evaluating mETDRS versus normal or high-density micropulse photocoagulation for diabetic macular edema by Lavinsky, Daniel, Cardillo, Jose A, Melo, Jr, Luiz A S, Dare, Alessandro, Farah, Michel E, Belfort, Jr, Rubens

“…To compare modified Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (mETDRS) focal/grid laser photocoagulation with normal-density (ND-SDM) or high-density (HD-SDM)…”
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Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome following COVID-19 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine by Saraceno, Janaína Jamile Ferreira, Souza, Guilherme Macedo, dos Santos Finamor, Luciana Peixoto, Nascimento, Heloisa Moraes, Belfort, Rubens

“…Abstract The challenge of COVID-19 has rapidly changed medical management worldwide. The relatively small time from pandemic to vaccines regulatory approval…”
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Influence of gender on clinical presentation, management practices and outcomes of ocular syphilis by Shields, Melissa K., Arantes, Tiago E., Lake, Stewart R., Belfort, Rubens, Muccioli, Cristina, Nascimento, Heloisa, de Pinho Queiroz, Rafael, Vasconcelos-Santos, Daniel V., Furtado, João M., Smith, Justine R.

“…Ocular syphilis is a re-emerging inflammatory eye disease with a clear gender imbalance, disproportionately affecting men. We investigated the impact of gender…”
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Image quality assessment of retinal fundus photographs for diabetic retinopathy in the machine learning era: a review by Gonçalves, Mariana Batista, Nakayama, Luis Filipe, Ferraz, Daniel, Faber, Hanna, Korot, Edward, Malerbi, Fernando Korn, Regatieri, Caio Vinicius, Maia, Mauricio, Celi, Leo Anthony, Keane, Pearse A., Belfort Jr, Rubens

“…This study aimed to evaluate the image quality assessment (IQA) and quality criteria employed in publicly available datasets for diabetic retinopathy (DR). A…”
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Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in Patients with Macular Edema Related to Branch or Central Retinal Vein Occlusion by Haller, Julia A., MD, Bandello, Francesco, MD, Belfort, Rubens, MD, Blumenkranz, Mark S., MD, Gillies, Mark, MD, Heier, Jeffrey, MD, Loewenstein, Anat, MD, Yoon, Young Hee, MD, Jiao, Jenny, PhD, Li, Xiao-Yan, MD, Whitcup, Scott M., MD

“…Objective To evaluate the safety and efficacy of 1 or 2 treatments with dexamethasone intravitreal implant (DEX implant) over 12 months in eyes with macular…”
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Ophthalmological findings in infants with microcephaly and presumable intra-uterus Zika virus infection by Ventura, Camila V, Maia, Mauricio, Ventura, Bruna V, Linden, Vanessa Van Der, Araújo, Eveline B, Ramos, Regina C, Rocha, Maria Angela W, Carvalho, Maria Durce C G, Belfort, Jr, Rubens, Ventura, Liana O

“…In 2015, a twenty-fold increase in the prevalence of microcephaly in Brazil was reported, and the Ministry of Health associated this abnormal prevalence with…”
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Glaucoma and Congenital Zika Syndrome by de Paula Freitas, Bruno, MD, Ko, Albert I., MD, Khouri, Ricardo, PhD, Mayoral, Monica, MD, Henriques, Daniele Freitas, PhD, Maia, Maurício, MD, PhD, Belfort, Rubens, MD, PhD

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Retinal findings in patients with COVID-19 by Marinho, Paula M, Marcos, Allexya A A, Romano, André C, Nascimento, Heloisa, Belfort, Rubens

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Clinical Manifestations and Ophthalmic Outcomes of Ocular Syphilis at a Time of Re-Emergence of the Systemic Infection by Furtado, João M., Arantes, Tiago E., Nascimento, Heloisa, Vasconcelos-Santos, Daniel V., Nogueira, Natalia, de Pinho Queiroz, Rafael, Brandão, Luana P., Bastos, Thaís, Martinelli, Ricardo, Santana, Rodrigo C., Muccioli, Cristina, Belfort, Rubens, Smith, Justine R.

“…Recent reports from different world regions suggest ocular syphilis is re-emerging, in parallel with an increasing incidence of the systemic infection…”
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Two-Year Results of the Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Study of Abicipar in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Khurana, Rahul N., Kunimoto, Derek, Yoon, Young Hee, Wykoff, Charles C., Chang, Andrew, Maturi, Raj K., Agostini, Hansjürgen, Souied, Eric, Chow, David R., Lotery, Andrew J., Ohji, Masahito, Bandello, Francesco, Belfort, Rubens, Li, Xiao-Yan, Jiao, Jenny, Le, Grace, Kim, Kimmie, Schmidt, Werner, Hashad, Yehia

“…To report the 2-year efficacy and safety of abicipar every 8 weeks and quarterly (after initial doses) compared with monthly ranibizumab in patients with…”
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Artificial intelligence in uveitis: A comprehensive review by Nakayama, Luis F., Ribeiro, Lucas Z., Dychiao, Robyn G., Zamora, Yuslay F., Regatieri, Caio V.S., Celi, Leo A., Silva, Paolo, Sobrin, Lucia, Belfort, Rubens

“…Uveitis is a disease complex characterized by intraocular inflammation of the uvea that is an important cause of blindness and social morbidity. With the dawn…”
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