Physician

Ophthalmology

Saul C. Merin, MD is an expert in the field of Ophthalmology. Doctor Saul C. Merin, MD has written publications. He has 85 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium: a bilateral presentation.'

Publications

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• A missense mutation in DHDDS, encoding dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthase, is associated with autosomal-recessive retinitis pigmentosa in Ashkenazi Jews.
• Homozygosity mapping reveals null mutations in FAM161A as a cause of autosomal-recessive retinitis pigmentosa.
• Novel null mutations in the EYS gene are a frequent cause of autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa in the Israeli population.
• Variable retinal phenotypes caused by mutations in the X-linked photopigment gene array.
• The spectrum of retinal diseases caused by NR2E3 mutations in Israeli and Palestinian patients.
• A pilot study of topical treatment with an alpha2-agonist in patients with retinal dystrophies.
• Comparative genomics and gene expression analysis identifies BBS9, a new Bardet-Biedl syndrome gene.
• Wiping microkeratome blades with sterile 100% alcohol to prevent diffuse lamellar keratitis after laser in situ keratomileusis.
• Long-term assessment of combined vitamin A and E treatment for the prevention of retinal degeneration in abetalipoproteinaemia and hypobetalipoproteinaemia patients.
• Laser therapy in the management of choroidal breast tumor metastases.
• [Radiotherapy for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration].
• Retinitis pigmentosa associated with Fuchs' heterochromic uveitis.
• Mechanisms of photoreceptor death and survival in mammalian retina.
• Cone and rod dysfunction in the NARP syndrome.
• Combined hamartoma of the retina and retinal pigment epithelium: a bilateral presentation.
• The effect of a new tear substitute containing glycerol and hyaluronate on keratoconjunctivitis sicca.
• Homozygosity mapping of achromatopsia to chromosome 2 using DNA pooling.
• Edgar Auerbach, M.D. (1914-1995).
• Choroidal effusion causing transient myopia after panretinal photocoagulation.
• Familial café au lait spots: a variant of neurofibromatosis type 1.
• Autosomal recessive colobomatous microphthalmia.
• Mucolipidosis type IV: a mild form with late onset.
• Neurofibromatosis type I (NFI) in Israeli families: linkage analysis as a diagnostic tool.
• Conjunctival ultrastructure in Niemann-Pick disease type C.
• Refractive power of premature children at infancy and early childhood.
• Chediak-Higashi syndrome: ocular findings.
• Brittle cornea, blue sclera, and red hair syndrome (the brittle cornea syndrome).
• Uniocular congenital blindness as a complication of midtrimester amniocentesis.
• Cataract formation in retinitis pigmentosa.
• Approaches to human retinitis pigmentosa through studies of vitamin A metabolism in the RCS (dystrophic) rat.
• Combined vitamin A and E therapy prevents retinal electrophysiological deterioration in abetalipoproteinaemia.
• Myopia and career choice.
• Do sex, ethnic origin or environment affect myopia?
• Electrophysiologic tests in assessment of senile macular degeneration.
• Myopathy in hyperornithinemic gyrate atrophy of choroid and retina.
• Intraocular pressure in retinal vein occlusion.
• The effect of physical activity on the intraocular pressure of glaucomatous patients.
• Ocular side effects of disopyramide.
• Central retinal vein occlusions in young adults.
• Contribution to the problem of ocular syphilis.
• Unilateral high myopia with bilateral degenerative fundus changes.
• Retinopathy in severe anemia.
• Goldenhar''s syndrome and phocomelia. Case report and etiologic considerations.
• The fate of the fellow eye in retinal detachment.
• Toxic effects of scopolamine eye drops.
• The central and peripheral retina in macular degenerations. Involvement as reflected by the electroretinogram.
• The higher frequency of retinal detachment in the right eye.
• Abnormal findings relatives of patients with juvenile hereditary macular degeneration (Stargardt''s disease).
• Syndrome of congenital high myopia with nyctalopia. Report of findings in 25 families.
• Hypoglycemia and infantile cataract.
• The use of axial tomography of the optic canals in children.
• [Photocoagulation of diabetic retinopathy].
• Hyperplastic persistent pupillary membrane.
• Assessment of incomplete congenital cataract.
• Childhood blindness in Cyprus.
• Heredity of congenital glaucoma.
• Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum (Fabry''s disease) with renal, ocular and possibly cardiac involvement.
• Treatment of diabetic maculopathy by argon-laser.
• Prevention of amblyopia caused by incomplete congenital cataract.
• Achromatopsia with amblyopia. I. A clinical and electroretinographical study of 39 cases.
• Primary congenital glaucoma--a survey.
• Congenital corneal clouding with abnormal systemic storage bodies: a new variant of mucolipidosis.
• Axial tomography of optic canals in diagnosis of children''s eye and optic nerve defects.
• The etiology of congenital cataracts. A survey of 386 cases.
• Pseudo-Hurler polydystrophy (mucolipidosis 3). A clinical, biochemical and ultrastructural study.
• Retinal function in mucolipidosis IV.
• Ophthalmology in Israel.
• Delayed-onset chloroquine retinopathy.
• A family with retinitis pigmentosa and ESRD with late presentation, hypertension and absence of polyuria or salt wasting.
• Empirical modification of the theoretical IOL power formulas.
• Low-vision aids in Stargardt's disease.
• Corneal subepithelial monoclonal kappa IgG deposits in essential cryoglobulinaemia.
• Vitreous fluorophotometry in patients with senile macular degeneration.
• Variability of Stickler syndrome.
• The cornea in mucolipidosis IV.
• Retinal vein occlusion.
• Retinitis pigmentosa.
• Retinal ischemia (capillary nonperfusion) in diabetic retinopathy of patients with and without systemic hypertension.
• Retinal ischemia (capillary nonperfusion) and retinal neovascularization in patients with diabetic retinopathy.
• Mucolipidosis IV: ultrastructural diagnosis of a recently defined genetic disorder.
• Schirmer test and break-up time of tear film in normal subjects.
• Metabolic studies in two families with hyperornithinemia and gyrate atrophy of choroid and retina.
• Mucolipidosis IV: ocular, systemic, and ultrastructural findings.
• The effect of streptozotocin diabetes on platelet function in rats.

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• Ophthalmology

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