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Diabetic retinopathy in pregnancy

Gestational diabetes is characterised by an elevated blood glucose level, which occurs during pregnancy and usually disappears after delivery. It can occur in any......

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Dry eye: the role of hormones

Dry eye syndrome (DED) is a pathological condition of a multifactorial nature, thus related to several causative factors, including both physiological and environmental conditions. Among the many factors......

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Almost illegible and messy handwriting may be misclassified as dysgraphia, but may instead be due to problems in learning to write by hand, on which it is very important to intervene.

Dysgraphia is a specific learning disorder (S.D.A.), which manifests itself in poor handwriting and makes writing more or less illegible because it is messy, extended outside the......

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Rare eye diseases

What is a rare disease According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) definition, a disease can be defined as 'rare' if it occurs with a frequency of less than 6.5-10 people per 10,000.......

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New episode of the L'Oculista Italiano podcast to promote visual wellbeing

Inflammation or inflammation is a condition present in many diseases, including eye diseases, and it is to this topic that the second episode of 'Listen and See', the podcast...... is dedicated.

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Ocular allergy and dry eye syndrome (DED) are two very common eye diseases that have a significant negative impact on quality of life. Epidemiological studies report a prevalence......

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Glaucoma: Listen to the podcast

The eyes are fundamental for perception of the world around us and for communication with others. Through our eyes we are able to detect colours, the......

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Tumour-associated retinopathy

Cancer-associated retinopathy (CAR) is a rare, paraneoplastic, tumour-associated retinal disease that can cause blindness. Cancer-associated retinopathy has been described......

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