Background Atherosclerotic intracranial arterial stenosis is an important cause of stroke.
Warfarin is commonly used in preference to aspirin for this disorder, but these therapies have …

Background Atherosclerotic intracranial arterial stenosis is an important cause of stroke that
is increasingly being treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (PTAS…

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Atherosclerosis of the major intracranial arteries is an
important cause of ischemic stroke. We established measurement criteria to assess percent …

Background— Antithrombotic therapy for intracranial arterial stenosis was recently evaluated
in the Warfarin versus Aspirin for Symptomatic Intracranial Disease (WASID) trial. A …

PURPOSE: To analyze the epidemiologic features of ectasia after excimer laser corneal
refractive surgery, to identify risk factors for its development, and to devise a screening strategy …

Background Early results of the Stenting and Aggressive Medical Management for Preventing
Recurrent stroke in Intracranial Stenosis trial showed that, by 30 days, 33 (14·7%) of 224 …

Thiol and disulfide forms of glutathione (GSH) and cysteine (Cys) were measured in plasma
from 24 healthy individuals aged 25–35 and redox potential values (E h ) for thiol/disulfide …

Oxidative stress is a component of diseases and degenerative processes associated with
aging. However, no means are available to assess causative oxidative events separately from …

Objective: To determine the long-term effects and stability of refraction following a standardized
technique of radial keratotomy for myopia in the nine-center Prospective Evaluation of …

Specular microscopy can provide a noninvasive morphologic analysis of the corneal endothelial
cell layer from subjects enrolled in clinical trials. The analysis provides a measure of the …