A modified risk assessment scoring system for post laser in situ keratomileusis ectasia in topographically normal patients

Purpose: To evaluate and modify the Randleman Ectasia Risk Score System for predicting post-laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) ectasia in patients with normal preoperative corneal topography.Methods: In this retrospective study we reviewed data from 136 eyes which had undergone LASIK including 34 ectatic and 102 normal eyes between 1999 and 2009.

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Motor defects in a Drosophila model for spinal muscular atrophy result from SMN depletion during early neurogenesis.

Spinal muscular atrophy ACCESSORIES BELTS (SMA) is the most common autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease, and is characterised by spinal motor neuron loss, impaired motor function and, often, premature death.Mutations and deletions in the widely expressed survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene cause SMA; however, the mechanisms underlying the

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Ten simple rules for scientific code review.

As large, high-dimensional data have become more common, software development is playing an Nut Butter Blends increasingly important role in research across many different fields.This creates a need to adopt software engineering practices in research settings.Code review is the engineering practice of giving and receiving detailed feedback on a com

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