Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Macular Diseases

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
A short history of the retinal pigment epithelium....Pages 1-4
Blood—retinal barrier and new perspectives of management of retinal disease....Pages 5-11
Subretinal protein and serous detachment....Pages 13-17
Ageing of the human retinal pigment epithelium....Pages 19-28
Sub-RPE deposits might be related to defective ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis....Pages 29-30
Selective damage on retinal pigment epithelium causes photoreceptor cell death by apoptosis....Pages 31-36
RPE lipofuscin in ageing and age-related macular degeneration....Pages 37-45
Antioxidant functions of glutathione in human retinal pigment epithelium in relation to age-related macular degeneration....Pages 47-57
Electrical activity of retinal pigment epithelium evaluated by EOG and c-wave....Pages 59-62
c-wave of ERG in carriers of Leber congenital amaurosis....Pages 63-67
Congenital and acquired lesions of the retinal pigment epithelium....Pages 69-80
The effects of UV-A light in indirect irradiation on cultures of bovine lens epithelium....Pages 81-88
Localization of bFGF in wound healing process of RPE cell in vitro ....Pages 89-93
Promotion of retinal pigment epithelial cell proliferation in experimental choroidal neovascularization by human interferon-beta....Pages 95-100
Local administration of interferon-beta promotes proliferation of retinal pigment epithelial cells in repairing process after laser photocoagulation....Pages 101-105
Transdifferentiation of cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells....Pages 107-123
Retinal pigment epithelial transplantation in exudative age-related macular degeneration: what do in vivo and in vitro studies teach us?....Pages 125-134
Experimental transplantation of human retinal pigment epithelial cells on collagen substrates....Pages 135-141
Preinjection fluorescence in indocyanine green angiography....Pages 143-147
Infrared light imaging in retinal diseases. A comparison with fluorescein angiography and ophthalmoscopy....Pages 149-150
Infrared imaging of choroidal neovascularization by scanning laser ophthalmoscope....Pages 151-152
Macular syndromes following cataract surgery: intraoperative and serial postoperative fluorescein angiographic findings....Pages 153-156
Treatment of macular holes with argon laser evaluated by scanning laser tomography....Pages 157-159
Three-dimensional ultrasonography in the evaluation of pathological myopia....Pages 161-164
The macular choroid and its developments at the embryological stage....Pages 165-170
The indocyanine green videoangiography in hypertensive choroidopathy....Pages 171-172
The expanding clinical spectrum of idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (IPCV)....Pages 173-183
ICG angiographic evaluation of choroidal abnormalities associated with multifocal choroidopathies....Pages 185-191
Vogt—Koyanagi—Harada-type disease: a case report....Pages 193-197
Indocyanine green angiographic findings in a case of Harada’s disease....Pages 199-202
Indocyanine green angiography in choroidal osteoma....Pages 203-204
Indocyanine green angiography of choroidal naevi and suspected melanomas....Pages 205-207
An anomalous case of angioid streaks and multiple and recurrent detachments of retinal pigment epithelium....Pages 209-218
Conservative treatment of choroidal melanomas of the posterior pole....Pages 219-220
Assessment of the sympatho-vagal interaction in central serous chorioretinopathy measured by power spectral analysis of heart rate variability....Pages 221-224
Central serous chorioretinopathy: an endocrine screening....Pages 225-232
Digital indocyanine green angiography of central serous chorioretinopathy....Pages 233-236
Indocyanine green angiography: utility in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy....Pages 237-241
Indocyanine green angiography in central serous chorioretinopathy....Pages 243-246
Follow-up evaluation of indocyanine green angiographic findings in central serous chorioretinopathy....Pages 247-251
Long-term follow-up in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy....Pages 253-254
Indocyanine green angiography in multifocal posterior pigment epitheliopathy....Pages 255-262
Idiopathic serous pigment epithelium detachment and indocyanine green angiography....Pages 263-267
Propranolol and nimodipine in the treatment of acute and chronic central serous choroidopathy....Pages 269-273
Photic maculopathy in a patient under treatment with clomipramine and bright light therapy....Pages 275-278
Dexamethasone treatment for solar retinopathy:long-term follow-up....Pages 279-283
Subretinal fibrosis in Stargardt’s disease....Pages 285-290
Age-related geographic atrophy and pattern dystrophy of the RPE....Pages 291-296
Bilateral ocular toxoplasmosis: a clinical case....Pages 297-299
Indocyanine green angiography of drusen....Pages 301-302
A clinicopathological study of drusen types....Pages 303-305
Histopathological features of drusen and age-related macular degeneration....Pages 307-322
Choroidal neovascularization prevention trial....Pages 323-324
The one-year result of a prospective, randomized study of laser photocoagulation of eyes with soft drusen in early age-related maculopathy....Pages 325-327
ICG drusen-like alterations in the course of age-related macular degeneration....Pages 329-333
Electrophysiological and neurophysiological symptoms of age-related macular dystrophy....Pages 335-339
Watershed filling in age-related macular degeneration: the implications of panretinal photocoagulation....Pages 341-342
Isolated occult choroidal neovascularization: comparison between early and late phases of ICG angiography....Pages 343-346
Indocyanine green angiography in age-related macular degeneration with fluorescein angiography occult neovascularization....Pages 347-353
Defined and occult choroidal neovessels in age-related macular degeneration by means of a scanning laser ophthalmoscope: a retrospective study of 100 cases....Pages 355-359
Indocyanine green angiography follow-up of plaque choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration....Pages 361-364
Detection of recurrent choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration: comparison of clinical examination, fluorescein angiography and indocyanine green videoangiography....Pages 365-370
Massive subretinal haemorrhage in age-related macular degeneration....Pages 371-375
Choroidal neovascular membrane in age-related macular degeneration, histopathological and clinical correlation....Pages 377-378
Indocyanine green angiography-guided laser photocoagulation of choroidal neovascularization in age-related macular degeneration....Pages 379-381
Photocoagulation of choroidal neovascular membrane (CNV) with diode laser (805 nm)....Pages 383-385
Radiation therapy for age-related subfoveal neovascular membranes....Pages 387-392
The disc-to-macula circulation time in diabetic retinopathy....Pages 393-395
Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy — new findings in indocyanine green angiography....Pages 397-399
The use of pentoxifylline (Trental) in diabetic retinopathy....Pages 401-403
Laser treatment of diabetic cystoid macular oedema with a grid extended to the foveal avascular zone....Pages 405-411
Idiopathic retinal occlusive vasculitis and the macula....Pages 413-420
Macroaneurysms secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion....Pages 421-426
Decrease of PKC activity by a peptide fraction from porcine factor VIII in endothelial cells CPA-47....Pages 427-430
Clinical, angiographic and histopathological results after surgical removal of subfoveal choroidal new vessels....Pages 431-433
Subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in punctate inner choroidopathy: surgical management and pathological findings....Pages 435-437
Vitrectomy in Coats’ disease....Pages 439-445
Automated perimetry variations found on epiretinal macular membranes....Pages 447-452
Relaxing retinotomies: visual results and macular findings....Pages 453-454
Back Matter....Pages 455-462