TY - JOUR
T1 - Nordic research in ophthalmology
AU - Stefánsson, Einar
AU - Zetterström, Charlotta
AU - Ehlers, Niels
AU - Kiilgaard, Jens F
AU - la Cour, Morten
AU - Sigurdsson, Haraldur
AU - Gudmundsdóttir, Elínborg
AU - Prause, Jan Ulrik
AU - Heijl, Anders
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - PURPOSE: To provide an overview of some of the current activities in eye research in the Nordic countries.METHODS: The presentations at the biannual Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology, held in Tampere, Finland in 2002, were reviewed and the contributions found most noteworthy are included in this article along with a limited discussion of each research field. However, space requirements prevented the inclusion of many interesting scientific contributions.RESULTS: Important contributions in various subfields of eye research and ophthalmology are reviewed. These include cornea, cataract, paediatric ophthalmology, glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, age-related macular degeneration, physiology and pharmacology and oncology.CONCLUSIONS: Eye research is very active in the Nordic countries and significant contributions are being made to ophthalmology in several fields on a world scale. We hope to continue to review Nordic contributions to eye research after each Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology and plan to make the reviews more systematic and comprehensive in the future.
AB - PURPOSE: To provide an overview of some of the current activities in eye research in the Nordic countries.METHODS: The presentations at the biannual Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology, held in Tampere, Finland in 2002, were reviewed and the contributions found most noteworthy are included in this article along with a limited discussion of each research field. However, space requirements prevented the inclusion of many interesting scientific contributions.RESULTS: Important contributions in various subfields of eye research and ophthalmology are reviewed. These include cornea, cataract, paediatric ophthalmology, glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, age-related macular degeneration, physiology and pharmacology and oncology.CONCLUSIONS: Eye research is very active in the Nordic countries and significant contributions are being made to ophthalmology in several fields on a world scale. We hope to continue to review Nordic contributions to eye research after each Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology and plan to make the reviews more systematic and comprehensive in the future.
KW - Biomedical Research/trends
KW - Eye Diseases/complications
KW - Finland
KW - Humans
KW - Ophthalmology/trends
KW - Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
U2 - 10.1111/j.1395-3907.2003.00177.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1395-3907.2003.00177.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 14641254
VL - 81
SP - 556
EP - 566
JO - Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
SN - 1395-3907
IS - 6
ER -