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BTA injections can treat infantile esotropia

02 April 2013

Botulinum toxin type A (BTA) injections, with or without sodium hyaluronate (SH), are effective and feasible for the treatment of infantile esotropia.

IOP lowered with trab and combination trab

26 July 2012

IOP is successfully reduced with both trabeculectomy and combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy with mitomycin C in children with glaucoma.

Maternal malnutrition is keratomalacia risk factor

18 July 2012

Keratomalacia can be linked to lower socioeconomic status, poor maternal nutrition, and inadequate breastfeeding.

OTS is reliable in predicting paediatric cataract visual outcome

19 June 2012

The Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) is a reliable predictor of final visual outcome in children with traumatic cataract

Anterior and posterior capsulorhexis in children

13 September 2009

Anterior and posterior capsulorhexis in children

Paediatric ophthalmology conference programme

05 August 2009

The Egyptian Group of Paediatric Eye Surgery (EGPES) will be hosting the 4th International Symposium of Paediatric Ophthalmology, from 4th to 6th of November 2009, in Alexandria, Egypt.

A clinical conundrum

05 August 2009

According to the J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2009;46:238-240 optic disc oedema is a clinical conundrum which has potential to delay diagnosis and therefore treatment of idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Link between ROP and haemangioma in low birth-weight infants discovered

25 March 2009

In infants with birth weights of 1250 g, haemangiomas are associated with the development of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), according to study data published in the March 2009 issue of Pediatrics.

US introduces law protecting children's vision

28 January 2009

The Vision Care for Kids Bill of 2009, legislation to provide vision care to children without health insurance, has been introduced in the US after being approved both by the Senate and by the House of Representatives.

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