PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY COMBINED WITH INTERNAL LIMITING MEMBRANE PEELING FOR RECURRENT MACULAR EDEMA DUE TO BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION AFTER ANTIVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR TREATMENTS

Pars plana vitrectomy combined with internal limiting membrane peeling for recurrent macular edema due to branch retinal vein occlusion after antivascular endothelial growth factor treatments

Yukari Shirakata,1 Kouki Fukuda,1 Tomoyoshi Fujita,1 Yuki Nakano,1 Hiroyuki Nomoto,2 Hidetaka Yamaji,3 Fumio Shiraga,4 Akitaka Tsujikawa1 1Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, 2Nomoto Eye Clinic, Himeji, 3Department of Ophthalmology, Shirai Eye Hospital, Mitoyo, 4Department of Ophthalmology, Okayama Univers

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Arthropathy and proteinuria: nail-patella syndrome revisited

[english] Nail-patella syndrome (NPS) is a pleiotropic autosomal-dominant disorder due to mutations in the gene LMX1B.It has traditionally been characterized by a tetrad of dermatologic and musculoskeletal abnormalities.However, one of the most serious manifestations of NPS is kidney disease, which may be present in up to 40% of affected individual

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