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Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) is characterized by an estrogen deficiency which in turn can cause vascular dysfunction. The aim of this study is to evaluate any changes in the chorio-retinal circulat...
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Open AccessChorioretinal biomarkers in hypothalamic amenorrhea
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Open AccessA novel homozygous splice site variant in ARL2BP causes a syndromic autosomal recessive rod-cone dystrophy with situs inversus, asthenozoospermia, unilateral renal agenesis and microcysts
This report presents a clinical case of syndromic rod-cone dystrophy due to a splice site variant in the ARL2BP gene causing situs inversus, asthenozoospermia, unilateral renal agenesis and microcysts. The presen...
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Da Vinci three-dimensional (3D) system has been increasingly used in customary surgical settings, gaining fundamental relevance for abdominal, urological, and gynecological laparoscopic surgery. The aim of thi...
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Open AccessReal-world ANASTASE study of atezolizumab+nab-paclitaxel as first-line treatment of PD-L1-positive metastatic triple-negative breast cancer
The combination of atezolizumab and nab-paclitaxel is recommended in the EU as first-line treatment for PD-L1-positive metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC), based on the results of phase III IMpass...
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Open AccessChoroidal Thickness Changes After Intravitreal Aflibercept Injections in Treatment-Naïve Neovascular AMD
Choroidal thickness (CT) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of various ocular diseases, including neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Previous studies evaluated the CT variations afte...
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Open AccessGenetic characteristics of 234 Italian patients with macular and cone/cone-rod dystrophy
Two-hundred and thirty-four Italian patients with a clinical diagnosis of macular, cone and cone-rod dystrophies (MD, CD, and CRD) were examined using next-generation sequencing (NGS) and gene sequencing panel...
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Open AccessRetinal capillary involvement in early post-COVID-19 patients: a healthy controlled study
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Open AccessMacular impairment in mitochondrial diseases: a potential biomarker of disease severity
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Open AccessChoroidal juxtapapillary neovascularization regression in multiple evanescent white dot syndrome by optical coherence tomography angiography: a case report
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The results regarding changes of choroidal thickness following intravitreal ranibizumab injections in the literature are controversial. Vascular endothelial growth factor A is implicated in pathogenesis of neo...
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