PREDICTORS OF VISUAL OUTCOME IN EYES WITH CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION SECONDARY TO AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION TREATED WITH INTRAVITREAL BEVACIZUMAB MONOTHERAPY

Predictors of visual outcome in eyes with choroidal neovascularization secondary to age related macular degeneration treated with intravitreal bevacizumab monotherapy

AIM: To evaluate the predictors of visual improvement in eyes with naive choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration (CNV -AMD) treated with intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) monotherapy.METHODS: Fifty eyes with naive CNV- AMD with pretreatment best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) better than 20/200 and treated with IVB m

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Seasonal variability of coastal water quality in bay of Bengal and Palk Strait, Tamilnadu, Southeast Coast of India

The aim of this work was to study the physicochemical parameters of water quality collected from 12 sampling stations from Topputhurai to Muthupet in Vedaranyam located on the southeast coast of India Framed Art from January to December 2008.Results showed that the DO and nutrients were the maximum in the Bay of Bengal during the monsoon period.Hig

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Knowledge and Practice on Diabetic Foot Self-Care and Associated Factors Among Diabetic Patients at Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia: Mixed Method

Abdu Tuha, Abebe Getie Faris, Ababil Andualem, Solomon Ahmed Mohammed Department of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wollo MINI-OMEGAS University, Dessie, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Solomon Ahmed Mohammed P.O.Box: 1145 Tel +251910504378Email ahmedsolomon21@gmail.comIntroduction: Diabetic foot ulcer is a serious and disabling complicat

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Human Antimicrobial Peptides: Analysis and Application

Antimicrobial peptides are innate host defense molecules that have a direct effect on bacteria, fungi and enveloped viruses.They are found in evolutionarily diverse MINI-OMEGAS species ranging from prokaryotes and plants to invertebrate and vertebrate animals.Humans express several families of antimicrobial peptides in myeloid cells and on various

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