(1) The authors have presented in two previous articles the graphic solutions resembling Tscherning ellipses, for spherical as well as for aspherical ophthalmic lenses free of astigmatism or power error.
(2) During both influx and efflux experiments the lenses of both groups released a small of proteins, but no difference found between the two groups.
(3) The contra-indications for them are: 1. a better visual acuity with spectacles than with contact lenses, 2. advanced cases (4th degree of Amsler) whose fitting is impossible, 3. unilateral keratoconus, 4. associated diseases such as trachomatous pannus, allergic kerato-conjunctivitis.
(4) Eyes exposed to ultraviolet radiation with their lenses intact were devoid of significant retinal lesions.
(5) The strong magnetic field of the super-conducting MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus could cause problems in the presence of metallic foreign material, such as the metal clips and loops of intraocular lenses and steel as suturing material.
(6) The general efficacy of this intraocular lens compared with other anterior chamber lenses was not addressed in this study.
(7) Fifty-five myopic naval personnel with no previous contact lens experience were put through a three-week study using these contact lenses.
(8) The results showed that dogfish lenses developed superficial opacities due to near-UV exposure.
(9) Lenses with inserted flexible open loops (e.g., Dubroff) have only been implanted in small series, but the results have been quite good.
(10) Gas trapping and corneal edema were not observed in uncovered corneas or corneas covered with membrane lenses.
(11) Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels and subunit isozyme patterns in cornea were monitored in 36 albino rabbits wearing thick, rigid, gas-permeable contact lenses for periods of 24 h, 2 and 7 days, and 1 and 3 months.
(12) The two most common complications have been poor centering of the lenses and deposits on the lenses.
(13) Developmental regulation of crystallin protein synthesis was observed in rat lenses between embryonic day 19 and postnatal day 21.
(14) Because contact lenses present a management problem, this method of dispensation will be used only for selected cases.
(15) Soft lenses also provide the options of disposability and of iris color change.
(16) Recent reports incriminating Acanthamoeba, a small free-living amoeba, wide-spread in environmental soils and waters, in acanthamoebic keratitis cases wearing soft contact lenses, drew attention to cleaning solutions for contact lenses.
(17) The vacuum flask method of using boiling water to decontaminate soft contact lenses is better and less expensive than other ways of using moist heat and can be safely and effectively applied under most domestic circumstances.
(18) They must also instruct patients not to wear extended wear lenses longer than 7 days at a time and to allow for an overnight respite from lens wear after this period of use.
(19) With the help of yellow contact lenses, a false beard, nose and teeth, he has taken on the demeanour of a feral animal.
(20) After doing, over the past two years, 55 Copeland iris plane lenses combined with intracapsular cataract extraction, I find it to be a relatively simple procedure.
Menses
Definition:
(n. pl.) The catamenial or menstrual discharge, a periodic flow of blood or bloody fluid from the uterus or female generative organs.
Example Sentences:
(1) Extrapolation of gestational age from early crown-rump lengths (CRLs) has been difficult because previously established tables of CRL versus gestational age have contained few measurements at less than seven to eight weeks from the first day of the last menses.
(2) Menses resumed in all 6 women 7 to 41 days after the injection, galactorrhea disappeared in all 4 patients, and libido and potency become normal in both men with microprolactinomas.
(3) All eight girls with menarche before therapy had no further menses.
(4) We obtained blood samples from 88 women 45-58 yr old who were having cyclic menses every 1-2 mth (37 women, 133 samples) or were amenorrheic for greater than 3 mth (51 women, 310 samples).
(5) Women stopped using these 2 methods mainly because of the desire for a future pregnancy, menstrual spotting, and absence of menses.
(6) Users of the minipills often reported irregular menses.
(7) With corticosteroid therapy, the percentage decreased to 2 percent and menses resumed after secondary amenorrhea of two years' duration.
(8) These errors include losses of food on cooking and eating utensils and dishware, losses of feces or urine on toilet paper or in collection containers, and losses through sweat, exfoliated skin, hair and nail growth, saliva, menses, blood sampling, toothbrushing, semen, and, for nitrogen, from flatus and respiration.
(9) During both menses and the premenstrual week of the low fat dietary period there were significant decreases in self-reported symptoms associated with water retention.
(10) It has been used traditionally to treat bronchitis and to induce abortion and menses, but was only recognized as a male antifertility agent in the 1970s.
(11) Studies on the mechanism of action of Mifepristone as a luteolytic have shown that menses will occur even if exogenous hCG is given to sustain progesterone levels.
(12) After 8 months, she continued to experience normal menses.
(13) The complement of protected time--viz., "ovulatory age," the period between menarche and diagnosis of ovarian cancer (or cessation of menses) minus "protected time"--was strongly related to risk of ovarian cancer.
(14) The midluteal phase, characterized by high levels of estradiol and progesterone, was associated with improved performance on tests of speeded motor coordination and impaired performance on a perceptual-spatial test, relative to performance during menses.
(15) Mean CA-125 levels were significantly increased in both groups during menses.
(16) We conclude that inconsistent findings on the effect of menopausal status in the association of breast cancer with some reproductive factors are partly due to statistical imprecision and differential misclassification bias associated with different age-based or menses-based definitions of menopause.
(17) The magnitude of the variation was not affected by whether the biopsy specimen was obtained in the mid or late luteal phase, the degree of lag between the dating and subsequent menses, or the presence of an LPD.
(18) On day 5 after the onset of induced menses, all women had baseline blood samples obtained at 10-minute intervals for 4 hours.
(19) A 13-year-old girl with signs and symptoms of an acute abdomen was found to have uterus didelphys, unilateral hematocolpos, ipsilateral renal agenesis and menses.
(20) 24 women received 400 mg of RU 486 and the remaining 115 women received 600 mg on the day before the expected menses.