(1) Three patients had pellucid marginal corneal degeneration complicated by corneal edema.
(2) Our computer-based corneal topography analysis system was used to study the keratoscope photographs (keratograms) from two patients with classic pellucid marginal degeneration and a third patient with no inferior corneal thinning, whose keratoscope mire pattern was suggestive of the condition.
(3) We performed central pachymetry on two patients with pellucid and Terrien's corneal marginal degeneration with mean central corneal thicknesses of .487 mm and .466 mm, respectively.
(4) Pellucid marginal corneal degeneration is a bilateral disease characterized by a narrow band of corneal thinning localized 1-2 mm from the inferior limbus.
(5) Follicles were classified on the basis of the number of layers of follicle cells, the presence and degree of development of the zone pellucide, and the presence of an antrum.
(6) Pellucid marginal degeneration of the cornea is a bilateral, clear, inferior, peripheral corneal-thinning disorder.
(7) A successful corneal wedge resection was performed to correct the visual impairment in the left eye of a 30-year-old male who suffered from bilateral pellucid marginal degeneration.
(8) There were 53 patients with keratoconus, 5 with pellucid marginal corneal degeneration, 2 with keratoglobus, and 1 with superior corneal thinning.
(9) The morphologic changes with age concern the height of the 3rd ventricle, the extension of the pellucid septum and the stereotaxic topography.
(10) Five eyes in four patients with pellucid marginal corneal degeneration were treated by lamellar crescentic resection of the thinned area inferiorly.
(11) When idiopathic peripheral corneal thinning remains clear, it is regarded as pellucid degeneration; vascularization, scarring, and lipid keratopathy are regarded as Terrien's marginal degeneration.
(12) Crescent-shaped, deep corneal scars were observed in seven (39%) of 18 patients with pellucid marginal corneal degeneration.
(13) Quantitation of relative staining intensity found keratoconus and pellucid marginal degeneration corneas to be 49% and 40% as intensely stained, respectively, as normal corneas, a statistically significant decrease (P less than 0.01).
(14) Dissolution of the pellucid membrane by brief ATP treatment reveals a zygotic surface which changes from day to day.
(15) This article reports a case of bilateral corneal pellucid marginal degeneration.
(16) Monoclonal antibody against keratan sulfate (KS) was used for immunofluorescent staining of sections of human corneas from 8 normal eyes, 19 with keratoconus, 4 with pellucid marginal degeneration, 5 with primary macular corneal dystrophy, and 1 with recurrent macular corneal dystrophy.
(17) We believe that penetrating keratoplasty offers an excellent surgical result for patients with pellucid marginal corneal degeneration.
(18) The ocular lens somehow remains pellucid despite bombardment by ultraviolet radiation and endogenous hydrogen peroxide (present in the humoral fluids which bathe this tissue).
(19) The decreased KS staining was not localized in stromal scar tissue found in the keratoconus and pellucid marginal degeneration corneas.
(20) American ophthalmologists are generally not familiar with the condition because most of the literature concerning pellucid degeneration is European.
Transparency
Definition:
(n.) The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.
(n.) That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it.
Example Sentences:
(1) Ofcom will conduct research, such as mystery shopping, to assess the transparency of contractual information given to customers by providers at the point of sale".
(2) Pickles said that to restore its public standing, the corporation needed to be more transparent, including opening itself up to freedom of information requests.
(3) It certainly isn’t a good time for the association but we as a team are insisting on this being cleared up transparently and Wolfgang Niersbach, as president, is part of that.
(4) While there has been almost no political reform during their terms of office, there have been several ambitious steps forward in terms of environmental policy: anti-desertification campaigns; tree planting; an environmental transparency law; adoption of carbon targets; eco-services compensation; eco accounting; caps on water; lower economic growth targets; the 12th Five-Year Plan; debate and increased monitoring of PM2.5 [fine particulate matter] and huge investments in eco-cities, "clean car" manufacturing, public transport, energy-saving devices and renewable technology.
(5) Percentages of transmission and reflection were obtained; these allowed derivation of an absorption curve throughout the wavelength range of water transparency.
(6) We propose that a channel with these properties could contribute to maintenance of lens transparency and fluid balance.
(7) In negatively stained preparations, the complexes appeared as electron-transparent zones surrounding cells.
(8) The voltage trace is then analysed with a piece of transparent paper, on which lines corresponding to solutions of the diffusion equation convert the time axis of the voltage trace into a concentration axis.
(9) The US started down this course during the Sony hack last year, and in this case, transparency might be the best deterrent in the future – which, by the way, is something both Snowden and the Snowden-hating national security blog Lawfare argued on Monday.
(10) The area of mammographically visualized breast tissue before and after augmentation mammoplasty was measured using a transparent grid.
(11) This can be made transparent by appropriate scaling and by linear transformation of the system.
(12) Lack of transparency about the nature of the relationship between police and media also led to speculation and perceptions, whatever the facts, that caused "serious harm".
(13) Meanwhile, we need to show that the recent changes to how we work with the BBC Executive are allowing us to be more focused, more rigorous and more transparent in the work that we do, so that licence fee payers can get a better BBC.
(14) And despite the initial scepticism, now completely gone says Henry, DCA's transparency and accountability systems and mechanisms are now "some of the most convincing tools to fundraising, credibility and brand recognition" and is used by face-to-face fundraisers, volunteers and PR to promote the organisation.
(15) At that time, the universe underwent a crucial change: it went from being opaque to transparent.
(16) The root canal anatomy of 149 mandibular second molars was studied using a technique in which the pulp was removed, the canal space filled with black ink and the roots demineralized and made transparent.
(17) My husband believes in human rights, democracy and transparency.
(18) Over the last few days a former member of parliament's intelligence and security committee, Lord King, a former director of GCHQ, Sir David Omand, and a former director general of MI5, Dame Stella Rimington, have questioned whether the agencies need to be more transparent and accept more rigorous scrutiny of their work.
(19) Electron microscopic studies were also performed to elucidate whether the formation of an electron-transparent zone (ETZ) around phagocytized bacilli was linked to their intramacrophagic survival.
(20) The experts' public report will include recommendations for particularly difficult removal requests (such as criminal convictions); thoughts on the implications of the court's decision for European internet users, news publishers, search engines and others; and procedural steps that could improve accountability and transparency for websites and citizens.