The year 2021 at the COS

• Post author:Carl-Peter Herbort
• Post published:January 18, 2022
• Post category:general articles

As 2021 has come to an end, the Centre for Ophthalmic Specialised care (COS) has continued to receive many patients to whom care of the best possible quality has been…

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Uveitis

• Post author:cos-site-admin
• Post published:March 29, 2021
• Post category:general articles/ocular immunology and infectious diseases

Uveitis 1. Uvéitis Uveitis comprises a group of intra-ocular inflammatory diseases that can be purely inflammatory or in which inflammation is of infectious origin. The origin can take place in…

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Herpes simplex keratitis

• Post author:cos-site-admin
• Post published:March 29, 2021
• Post category:cornea/general articles/ocular immunology and infectious diseases

Herpes simplex keratitis Herpetic (dendritic) keratitis is an infection of the cornea caused by the virus Herpes Simplex type 1. Most of the time the infection is not caused by…

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ARMD

• Post author:Carl-Peter Herbort, Ioannis Papasavvas
• Post published:January 25, 2021
• Post category:general articles/retina

Age related macular degeneration (ARMD) Pathophysiology Age related macular degeneration (ARMD) is a current pathology of the portion of the retina responsible for the central and precise vision called the…

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Orthoptics

• Post author:Hélène Cantale
• Post published:January 19, 2021
• Post category:general articles

Orthoptics Orthoptics or orthoptics is the branch of ophthalmology that is defined as the diagnosis and treatment of binocular vision disorders. It is through orthoptic screening that we are able…

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