Comparison of Placido disc and Scheimpflug image-derived topography-guided excimer laser surface normalization combined with higher fluence CXL: the Athens Protocol, in progressive keratoconus

Anastasios John Kanellopoulos,1,2 George Asimellis11Laservision.gr Eye Institute, Athens, Greece; 2New York University School of Medicine, Department of Opthalmology, NY, NY, USABackground: The purpose of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of two alternative corneal topography data sources used in topography-guided excimer laser

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William Makepeace Thackeray and Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky: Name sensitive Authors. In Homage to Great Novelists

The article features characteristic names, hereinafter referred to as charactonyms, in the works by W.M.Thackeray (1811 - Fr Coveralls 1863) and F.M.Dostoyevsky (1821 - 1881).Thus, the paper may serve as a contribution to the studies of the legacy of the two great English and Russian writers.Having studied anthroponyms in the works of these writers

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Association between baseline LH/FSH and live-birth rate after fresh-embryo transfer in polycystic ovary syndrome women

Abstract This study aimed to retrospectively analyse the effect of the baseline luteinising hormone/follicle-stimulating hormone ratio (bLH/FSH) on the live-birth rate per fresh-embryo transfer cycle (LBR/ET) in infertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who received a fresh-embryo transfer.A total of 424 C,LINGERIE patients with PCOS wh

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