In 1974, Mario Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland warned that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
could destroy the stratospheric ozone layer that protects Earth from harmful ultraviolet …

Exfoliation or pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXF) is an age-related ocular and systemic
disease in which abnormal extracellular material is produced and accumulates in many …

Purpose To determine the prevalence and causes of pterygium and pinguecula in the
population of Tehran in 2002. Methods In a cross-sectional population study with cluster …

Importance Residential (geographic) history and extent of solar exposure may be important
risk factors for exfoliation syndrome (XFS) but, to our knowledge, detailed lifetime solar …

PURPOSE: To present 9-year incidence data and associated risk factors for pterygium
among black participants in the Barbados Eye Studies. DESIGN: Population-based …

While pterygium is considered a common eye disorder, the etiology and pathogenesis is still
not known. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of pterygium and …

Das traditionelle Konzept einer zentralen Rolle der chronischen UV-Belastung in der
Pathogenese des Pterygiums wird durch große epidemiologische Studien der letzten Jahre …

XFS is characterized by flaky white deposits of abnormal fibrillar extracellular material in the
anterior segment of the eye, notably on the pupillary border of the anterior lens capsule. XFS …

There are little epidemiologic data on exfoliation syndrome (XFS) or exfoliation glaucoma
(XFG) in Guatemala, especially in the underserved Baja Verapaz region. This observational …

An agnostic high throughput search of the genome revealed a robust association between
LOXL1 genetic polymorphisms and exfoliation syndrome (XFS), a discovery that likely would …