| The oral drug is indicated for use in immunocompromised patients for maintenance treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis. |
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| Annual testing will allow identification of children who have acquired CMV infection and might benefit from screening for retinitis. |
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| Bryant has retinitis pigmentosa, an eye disease that has blinded four generations of her family. |
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| Homer has been legally blind since the age of 35 as a result of retinitis pigmentosa and glaucoma. |
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| Viral resistance has also been observed in patients receiving prolonged treatment for CMV retinitis with ganciclovir. |
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| Millions of people around the world live in a blurry or darkened world because of eye diseases such as macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosa. |
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| There has been very limited clinical experience using CYTOVENE for the treatment of CMV retinitis in patients under the age of 12 years. |
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| Viral resistance has been observed in patients receiving prolonged treatment with CYTOVENE for CMV retinitis. |
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| More than 10 million Americans are thought to have macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa, diseases of the retina that often result in blindness. |
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| Progressive retinal atrophy is the equivalent of retinitis pigmentosa in humans. |
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| If the inflammation affects the back of the eye, it is called retinitis or choroiditis. |
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| Colony-stimulating factors have been shown to increase neutrophil counts in patients receiving ganciclovir for treatment of CMV retinitis. |
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| The diagnosis of CMV retinitis is primarily an ophthalmologic one and should be made by indirect ophthalmoscopy. |
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| Visual fields can be affected in entitled conditions such as glaucoma, optic atrophy, retrobulbar neuritis, and retinitis pigmentosa. |
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| A seronegative patient with SLE who was on immunosuppressive therapy developed CMV retinitis. |
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| Diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa damage cells in the eye that normally convert light to electrical impulses. |
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| The diagnosis of CMV retinitis may be aided by culture of CMV from urine, blood, throat, or other sites, but a negative CMV culture does not rule out CMV retinitis. |
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| This combined approach has allowed us to discover 5 new genes thusfar, including CEP290, LCA5 and LCA3 for Leber congenital amaurosis and RP25 and TOPORS1 for retinitis pigmentosa. |
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| In 2002 six people from Los Angeles had electronic sensors implanted in their retinas that replaced the photoreceptor cells they had lost to a disease called retinitis pigmentosa. |
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| Further, she and her only sister were born with retinitis pigmentosa, a disease of retinal degeneration, which left both blind by the time they were in high school. |
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| These conditions are typified by the category of retinal degenerative diseases collectively known as retinitis pigmentosa and the retinitis pigmentosa-like disorders. |
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| In Europe, Argus II received approval in 2011 to treat severe blindness from any type of outer retinal degeneration, although so far it is marketed there for retinitis pigmentosa. |
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| He has just completed a degree in civil engineering from Ryerson University, despite advancing retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic condition leading to blindness. |
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| Therefore, use of valganciclovir as maintenance therapy is supported by a plasma concentration-time profile similar to that of two approved products for maintenance therapy of CMV retinitis. |
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| When HIV suppresses a person's immune system, these infections can manifest themselves, e.g. tuberculosis while others may never cause disease unless the immune system is weakened, e.g. CMV retinitis. |
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| Patients with CMV retinitis should have frequent ophthalmologic evaluations to monitor the status of their retinitis and to detect any other retinal pathology. |
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| Patients with HIV and CMV retinitis: CYTOVENE is not a cure for CMV retinitis, and immunocompromised patients may continue to experience progression of retinitis during or following treatment. |
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| A determination of CMV retinitis progression by the masked review of retinal photographs taken at baseline and week 4 was the primary outcome measurement of the three week induction therapy. |
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| The researchers tackled a condition called X-linked retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic defect that is passed from mothers to sons. |
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| About 5 percent of people who have retinitis pigmentosa have this form, which affects the eye's inner lining. |
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| Ophthalmologic examination revealed blue-like scleras, myopia astigmatism, and bilateral partial retinitis pigmentosa. |
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| The self-limiting vitritis is clearly distinguishable from regular CMV retinitis, where there is no inflammatory response. |
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| Some of the common symptoms of cytomegalovirus retinitis are blurred vision, seeing floaters, photophobia, and blind spots. |
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| Dilated fundoscopy revealed a new large infero-temporal area of haemorrhagic retinitis, with exudates and vasculitis. |
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| Of the few studies that have investigated the sleep quality of those with low vision, two were focused on individuals with retinitis pigmentosa. |
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| Posterior segment examination revealed bilateral CME, with no evidence of vasculitis, choroiditis, retinitis, vitritis, or vitreomacular traction. |
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| Special tests such as electronystagmography to detect balance problems and electroretinography to detect retinitis pigmentosa help doctors to detect US early. |
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| He is currently working with ISCO's parthenote stem cells to create transplant therapies for the possible treatment of macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. |
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| Matthews, 41, who was born with Retinitis Pigmentosa, is a top Paralympian from Great Britain. |
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| After 33 years of working in a factory, Nowlin had developed a hereditary eye disease called Retinitis pigmentosa. |
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| From Asia, PFFB has the distinction of becoming the first full member of Retina International, formerly known as International Retinitis Pigmentosa Association. |
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