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Publications (April 2008 to March 2009)

  1. Anshu A, Chee SP, Mehta JS, Tan DT.Ophthalmology. Cytomegalovirus Endotheliitis in Descemet's Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty. 2009 Apr;116(4):624-30.

  2. Tan DT, Beuerman RW . Ocular surface research at the Singapore eye research institute.Ocul Surf. 2009 Apr;7(2):115-7.

  3. Anshu A, Parthasarathy A, Mehta JS, Htoon HM, Tan DT. Outcomes of Therapeutic deep lamellar keratoplasty and Penetrating keratoplasty for advanced infectious keratitis:A comparative study. Ophthalmology. 2009 Apr;116(4):615-23. Epub 2009 Feb 25.

  4. Ang M, Mehta JS, Arundhati A, Tan DT. Anterior lamellar keratoplasty over penetrating over penetrating keraoplasty for optical therapeutic and tectonic indications: A case series. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009 Apr;147(4):697-702.e2.

  5. Manni G, Denis P, Chew P, Sharpe ED, Orengo-Nania S, Coote MA, Laganovska G, Volksone L, Zeyen T, Filatori I, James J, Aung T. The Safety and Efficacy of Brinzolamide 1%Timolol 0.5% Fixed Combination Versusdorzolamibe 2%/ Timolo 0.5% in Patients with Open-angle glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension. J Glaucoma. 2009 Apr-May;18(4):293-300.

  6. Lim LS, Tai ES, Aung T, Tay WT, Saw SM, Seielstad M, Wong TY. Relation of Age-related Cataract with Obesity and Obesity Genes in an Asian Population. Am J Epidemiol. 2009 May 15;169(10):1267-74.

  7. Su DH, Wong TY, Foster PJ, Tay WT, Saw SM, Aung T. Central Corneal thickness and its Associations with Ocular and Systemic Factors: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009 Apr;147(4):709-716.e1.

  8. Lim LS, Cheung N, Saw SM, Yap M, Wong TY. Does Diet lnfluence the Retinal Microvasculature in Children? Stroke. 2009 Jun;40(6):e473-4; author reply e475-6.

  9. Sabanayagam C, Liew G, Tai ES, Shankar A, Lim SC, Subramaniam T, Wong TY. Relationship between glycated haemoglobin and Microvascular Complications Is there a natural cut-off point for the diagnosis of diagnosis of Diabetes? Diabetologia. 2009 Jul;52(7):1279-89.

  10. Tanabe Y, Kawasaki R, Wang JJ, Wong TY, Mitchell P, Daimon M, Oizumi T, Kato T, Kawata S, Kayama T, Yamashita H. Angiotensin-Converting enzyme gene and Retinal Arteriolar Narrowing The Funagata Study. J Hum Hypertens. 2009 Apr 16.

  11. Lim SA, Wong WL, Fu E, Goh KY, Seah A, Tan C, Tow S, Cullen JF, Wong TY. The incidence of neure- ophthalmic diseases in Singapore a prospective study in public hospitals.Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2009 Mar-Apr;16(2):65-73.

  12. Wang FH, Liang YB, Zhang F, Wang JJ, Wei WB, Tao QS, Sun LP, Friedman DS, Wang NL, Wong TY. Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in rural china the handan eye study. Ophthalmology. 2009 Mar;116(3):461-7.

  13. Tong L, Chew J, Yang H, Ang LP, Tan DT, Beuerman RW. Distinct Gene Subsets in Pterygia Formation and Recurrence Dissecting Complex Biological Phenomenon Using Genome Wide Expression Data.BMC Med Genomics. 2009 Mar 10;2:14.

  14. Anshu A, Parthasarathy A, Mehta JS, Htoon HM, Tan DT. Outcomes of Therapeutic Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty and Penetrating Keratoplasty for Advanced Infectious Keratitis A Comparative Study. Ophthalmology. 2009 Apr;116(4):615-23.

  15. Tong L, Huang XL, Koh AL, Zhang X, Tan DT, Chua WH. Atropine for the Treatment of Chidhood Myopia Effect on Myopia Progression After Cessation of Atropine. Ophthalmology. 2009 Mar;116(3):572-9.

  16. Lavanya R, Wong TY, Aung T, Tan DT, Saw SM, Tay WT, Wang JJ; SiMES team. Prevalence of Cataract Surgery and Post-Surgical Visual Outcomes in an Urban Asian Population the Singapore Malay Eye Study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2009 Mar;93(3):299-304.

  17. Wong HT, Lim MC, Sakata LM, Aung HT, Amerasinghe N, Friedman DS, Aung T. High- Definition Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of the Iridocomeal Angle of the Eye. Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Mar;127(3):256-60.

  18. Tai ES, Sim XL, Ong TH, Wong TY, Saw SM, Aung T, Kathiresan S, Orho-Melander M, Ordovas JM, Tan JT, Seielstad M. Polymorphisms at Newly Identified Lipid-Associated Loci are Associated with Blood Lipids and Cardiovascular Disease in an Asian Malay Population. J Lipid Res. 2009 Mar;50(3):514-20.

  19. Ng CH, Wang JJ, Mitchell P, Amirul Islam FM, Wong TY. Prevalence and Characteristics of Choroidal Nevi in an Asian vs White Population. Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Mar;127(3):314-9.

  20. Rosman M, Wong TY, Tay WT, Tong L, Saw SM. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Undercorrected Refractive Errors among Singapore Malay Adults: The Singapore Malay Eye Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Mar 5.

  21. Sun C, Ponsonby AL, Wong TY, Brown SA, Kearns LS, Cochrane J, MacKinnon JR, Ruddle JB, Hewitt AW, Liew G, Dwyer T, Scurrah K, Mackey DA. Effect of Birth Parameters on Retinal Vascular Caliber: the Twins Eye Study in Tasmania. Hypertension. 2009 Mar;53(3):487-93.

  22. Sabanayagam C, Shankar A, Koh D, Chia KS, Saw SM, Lim SC, Tai ES, Wong TY. Retinal Microvascular Caliber and Chronic Kidney Disease in an Asian Population. Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Mar 1;169(5):625-32. Epub 2008 Dec 16.

  23. Wong HB, Machin D, Tan SB, Wong TY, Saw SM. Visual Impairment and its Impact on Health -Related Quality of Life in Adolescents. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009 Mar;147(3):505-511.e1

  24. Tan YL, Sims J, Chee SP. Bilateral Uveitis Secondary to Bisphoshonate Therapy. Ophthalmologica. 2009;223(3):215-6.

  25. Anshu A, Chee SP, Mehta JS, Tan DT. Cytomegalovirus Endotheliitis in Descemet's Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty. Ophthalmology. 2009 Apr;116(4):624-30.

  26. Tong L, Saw SM, Lamoureux EL, Wang JJ, Rosman M, Tan DT, Wong TY. A Questionnaire -Based Assessment of Symptoms Associated with Tear film Dysfunction and Margin Disease in a Asian Population. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2009 Jan-Feb;16(1):31-7. Erratum in: Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2009 Mar-Apr;16(2):142. Tongg, Louis [corrected to Tong, Louis].

  27. Zhou L, Beuerman RW, Ang LP, Chan CM, Li SF, Chew FT, Tan DT. Elevation of Human (ALPHA)-Defensins and S100 Calcium Binding Protein A8 and A9 in Tear Fluid of Pterygium Patients. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 May;50(5):2077-86.

  28. Chua J, Mehta JS, Tan DT. Use of Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography to Assess Secondary Glaucoma After Pentrating Keratoplasty. Cornea. 2009 Feb;28(2):243-5.

  29. Wong TT, Khaw PT, Aung T, Foster PJ, Htoon HM, Oen FT, Gazzard G, Husain R, Devereux JG, Minassian D, Tan SB, Chew PT, Seah SK. The Singapore 5- Fluorouracil Trabectomy Study: Effects on Intraocular Pressure control and Disease Progression at 3 years. Ophthalmology. 2009 Feb;116(2):175-84.

  30. Amerasinghe N, Foster PJ, Wong TY, Htoon HM, He M, Shen SY, Aung HT, Saw SM, Aung T. Variation of Angle Parameters in An Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography study in a Population of Singapore Malays. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Jun;50(6):2626-31.

  31. Su DH, Wong TY, Foster PJ, Tay WT, Saw SM, Aung T. Central Corneal Thickness and its Association With Ocular and Systemic Factors: The Singapore Malay Eye Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009 Apr;147(4):709-716.e1.

  32. Chang L, Aung T, Low S, Wong TY, Khaw PT, Foster PJ. Is Measurement of Adult Height Useful in Screening for Primary Angle Closure? Eye. 2009 Jan 9.

  33. Liew G, Mitchell P, Wong TY. Systemic Management of Diabetic Retinopathy. BMJ. 2009 Feb 12;338:b441. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b441. No abstract available.

  34. Hughes AD, Wong TY, Witt N, Evans R, Thom SA, Klein BE, Chaturvedi N, Klein R. Determinants of Retinal Microvascular Architecture in Normal Subjects. Microcirculation. 2009 Feb;16(2):159-66.

  35. Tikellis G, Gillies MC, Guymer RH, McAllister IL, Shaw JE, Wong TY. Retinal Vascular Caliber and Macular Telangiectasia Type 2. Ophthalmology. 2009 Feb;116(2):319-23.

  36. Lamoureux EL, Pesudovs K, Thumboo J, Saw SM, Wong TY. An Evaluation of the Reliability and Validity of the Visual Function Questionnaire (VF-11) Using Rasch Analysis in an Asian Population. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Jun;50(6):2607-13.

  37. Sun C, Wang JJ, Mackey DA, Wong TY. Retinal Vascular Calibar: Systemic, Environmental, and Genetic Associations. Surv Ophthalmol. 2009 Jan-Feb;54(1):74-95. Review.

  38. Chee SP, Jap A. Presumed fuchs heterochromic iridocyclitis and Posner-Schlossman syndrome:comparison of cytomegalovirus-postiive and negative eyes. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Dec;146(6):883-9.e1.

  39. Teo L, Chee SP. Retained lens fragment in the anterior segment as a cause of recurrent anterior uveitis. Int Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov 20.

  40. Singh M, Chew PT, Tan D. Corneal patch graft repair of exposed glaucoma drainage implants. Cornea. 2008 Dec;27(10):1171-3.

  41. Mehta JS, Poh R, Beuerman RW, Tan DT. Late endothelial failure after descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty. Cornea. 2008 Dec;27(10):1215-6; author reply 1216. No abstract available.

  42. Jap A, Chee SP. Immunosuppressive therapy for ocular diseases. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov;19(6):535-40. Review.

  43. Mehta JS, Shilbayeh R, Por YM, Cajucom-Uy H, Beuerman RW, Tan DT. Femtosecond laser creation of donor cornea buttons for Descemet-stripping endothelial keratoplasty. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2008 Nov;34(11):1970-5.

  44. Saw SM, Chan YH, Wong WL, Shankar A, Sandar M, Aung T, Tan DT, Mitchell P, Wong TY. Prevalence and risk factors for refractive errors in the Singapore Malay Eye Survey. Ophthalmology. 2008 Oct;115(10):1713-9.

  45. Tai ES, Sim XL, Ong TH, Wong TY, Saw SM, Aung T, Kathiresan S, Orho-Melander M, Ordovas JM, Tan JT, Seielstad M. Polymorphisms at newly identified lipid associated loci are associated with blood lipids and cardiovascular disease in Asian Malay population. J Lipid Res. 2009 Mar;50(3):514-20.

  46. Chua J, Seet LF, Jiang Y, Su R, Htoon HM, Charlton A, Aung T, Wong TT. Increased SPARC expression in primary angle closure glaucoma iris. Mol Vis. 2008;14:1886-92.

  47. Amerasinghe N, Aung T. Angle-closure: risk factors, diagnosis and treatment. Prog Brain Res. 2008;173:31-45.

  48. Lim LL, Cheung N, Wang JJ, Islam FM, Mitchell P, Saw SM, Aung T, Wong TY. Prevalence and risk factors of retinal vein occlusion in an Asian population. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008 Oct;92(10):1316-9.

  49. Cheung N, Lim L, Wang JJ, Islam FM, Mitchell P, Saw SM, Aung T, Wong TY. Prevalence and risk factors of retinal arteriolar emboli: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Oct;146(4):620-4.

  50. Tan JT, Dorajoo R, Seielstad M, Sim XL, Ong RT, Chia KS, Wong TY, Saw SM, Chew SK, Aung T, Tai ES. FTO variants are associated with obesity in the Chinese and Malay populations in Singapore. Diabetes. 2008 Oct;57(10):2851-7.

  51. Lavanya R, Foster PJ, Sakata LM, Friedman DS, Kashiwagi K, Wong TY, Aung HT, Alfred T, Gao H, Ee AG, Seah SK, Aung T. Screening for narrow angles in the Singapore population: evaluation of new noncontact screening methods. Ophthalmology. 2008 Oct;115(10):1720-7, 1727.e1-2.

  52. Peeters A, Magliano DJ, Stevens J, Duncan BB, Klein R, Wong TY. Changes in abdominal obesity and age-related macular degeneration: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Arch Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov;126(11):1554-60.

  53. Wong TY, Hyman L. Population-based studies in ophthalmology. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov;146(5):656-63. Review.

  54. Cackett P, Cheung N, Wong TY. Age-related macular degeneration and mortality from cardiovascular disease or stroke. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov;92(11):1564. No abstract available.

  55. Kaushik S, Wang JJ, Wong TY, Flood V, Barclay A, Brand-Miller J, Mitchell P. Glycemic Index, Retinal Vascular Caliber, and Stroke Mortality. Stroke. 2009 Jan;40(1):206-12.

  56. Wang S, Wang JJ, Wong TY. Alcohol and eye diseases. Surv Ophthalmol. 2008 Sep-Oct;53(5):512-25. Review.

  57. Wirostko B, Wong TY, Simó R. Vascular endothelial growth factor and diabetic complications. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2008 Nov;27(6):608-21.

  58. Kreis AJ, Nguyen T, Rogers S, Wang JJ, Harper CA, Clark DJ, Farouque HM, Wong TY. Acute retinal arteriolar emboli after cardiac catheterization.Stroke. 2008 Nov;39(11):3086-7.

  59. Wickremasinghe SS, Rogers SL, Gillies MC, Zhu M, Wong TY. Retinal vascular caliber changes after intravitreal triamcinolone treatment for diabetic macular edema. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Nov;49(11):4707-11.

  60. Cheung N, Klein R, Wang JJ, Cotch MF, Islam AF, Klein BE, Cushman M, Wong TY. Traditional and novel cardiovascular risk factors for retinal vein occlusion: the multiethnic study of atherosclerosis. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Oct;49(10):4297-302.

  61. Klein R, Knudtson MD, Klein BE, Wong TY, Cotch MF, Liu K, Cheng CY, Burke GL, Saad MF, Jacobs DR Jr, Sharrett AR. Inflammation, complement factor h, and age-related macular degeneration:the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Ophthalmology. 2008 Oct;115(10):1742-9.

  62. Chee SP, Jap A, Bacsal K. Prognostic Factors of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease in Singapore. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009 Jan;147(1):154-161.e1.

  63. Cackett P, Tay WT, Aung T, Wang JJ, Shankar A, Saw SM, Mitchell P, Wong TY. Education, Socioeconomic Status and Age-related Macular Degeneration in Asians: The Singapore Malay Eye Study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008 Oct;92(10):1312-5.

  64. Kawasaki R, Wang JJ, Mitchell P, Aung T, Saw SM, Wong TY; Singapore Malay Eye Study Group. Racial Difference in the Prevalence of Epiretinal Membrane between Whites and Asians. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008 Oct;92(10):1320-4.

  65. Liew G, Sharrett AR, Wang JJ, Klein R, Klein BE, Mitchell P, Wong TY. Relative importance of systemic determinants of retinal arteriolar and venular caliber: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Arch Ophthalmol. 2008 Oct;126(10):1404-10.

  66. Kaushik S, Wang JJ, Flood V, Tan JS, Barclay AW, Wong TY, Brand-Miller J, Mitchell P. Dietary glycemic index and the risk of age-related macular degeneration. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Oct;88(4):1104-10.

  67. Cheung N, Donaghue KC, Liew G, Rogers SL, Wang JJ, Lim SW, Jenkins AJ, Hsu W, Li Lee M, Wong TY. Quantitative Assessment of Early Diabetic Retinopathy Using Fractal Analysis. Diabetes Care. 2009 Jan;32(1):106-10.

  68. Lim SA, Goh KY, Tow S, Fu E, Wong TY, Seah A, Tan C, Cullen JF. Optic neuritis in Singapore. Singapore Med J. 2008 Sep;49(9):667-71.

  69. Mitchell P, Wong TY. DIRECT new treatments for diabetic retinopathy. Lancet. 2008 Oct 18;372(9647):1361-3.

  70. Nolan WP, See JL, Aung T, Friedman DS, Chan YH, Smith SD, Zheng C, Huang D, Foster PJ, Chew PT. Changes in angle configuration after phacoemulsification measured by anterior segment optical coherence tomography. J Glaucoma. 2008 Sep;17(6):455-9.

  71. Cackett P, Wong TY, Aung T, Saw SM, Tay WT, Rochtchina E, Mitchell P, Wang JJ. Smoking, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Age-related Macular Degeneration in Asians: The Singapore Malay Eye Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 Dec;146(6):960-7.e1.

  72. Amerasinghe N, Aung T, Cheung N, Fong CW, Wang JJ, Mitchell P, Saw SM, Wong TY. Evidence of Retinal Vascular Narrowing in Glaucomatous Eyes in an Asian Population. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Dec;49(12):5397-402.

  73. Ozaki M, Lee KY, Vithana EN, Yong VH, Thalamuthu A, Mizoguchi T, Venkatraman A, Aung T. Association of LOXL1 gene polymorphisms with pseudiexfoliation in the Japanese. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Sep;49(9):3976-80.

  74. Shen SY, Wong TY, Foster PJ, Loo JL, Rosman M, Loon SC, Wong WL, Saw SM, Aung T. The prevalence and types of glaucoma in malay people: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Sep;49(9):3846-51.

  75. Lim L, Cheung N, Gazzard G, Chan YH, Wong TY, Saw SM. Corneal bimechanical properties and retinal vascular caliber in children. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Jan;50(1):121-5.

  76. Cheung N, Rogers SL, Donaghue KC, Jenkins AJ, Tikellis G, Wong TY. Retinal arteriolar dilation predicts retinopathy in adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2008 Sep;31(9):1842-6.

  77. Cheung CM, Chee SP. Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction:paradoxical worsening of tuberculosis chorioretinitis following initiation of antituberculous theraphy. Eye. 2009 Jun;23(6):1472-3.

  78. Console JW, Sakata LM, Aung T, Friedman DS, He M. Quantitative Analysis of Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography Images: the Zhongshan Angle Assessment Program. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008 Dec;92(12):1612-6.

  79. Aung T, Lim MC, Wong TT, Thalamuthu A, Yong VH, Venkataraman D, Venkatraman A, Chew PT, Vithana EN. Molecular analysis of CHX10 and MFRP in Chinese subjects with primary angle closure galucoma and short axial length eyes. Mol Vis. 2008 Jul 17;14:1313-8.

  80. Kawasaki R, Wang JJ, Mitchell P, Aung T, Saw SM, Wong TY; Singapore Malay Eye Study Group. Racial Difference in the Prevalence of Epiretinal Membrane between Whites and Asians. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008 Oct;92(10):1320-4.

  81. Wong TY, Chong EW, Wong WL, Rosman M, Aung T, Loo JL, Shen S, Loon SC, Tan DT, Tai ES, Saw SM; Singapore Malay Eye Study Team. Prevalence and causes of low vision and blindness in an urban malay population: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. Arch Ophthalmol. 2008 Aug;126(8):1091-9.

  82. Amerasinghe N, Wong TY, Wong WL, Mitchell P, Shen SY, Loon SC, Saw SM, Foster PJ, Aung T; SiMES Study Group. Determinants of the optic cup to disc ratio in an Asian population: the Singapore Malay Eye Study(SIMES). Arch Ophthalmol. 2008 Aug;126(8):1101-8.

  83. Kawasaki R, Wang JJ, Ji GJ, Taylor B, Oizumi T, Daimon M, Kato T, Kawata S, Kayama T, Tano Y, Mitchell P, Yamashita H, Wong TY. Prevalence and risk factors for age-related macular degeneration in an adult Japanese population: the Funagata study. Ophthalmology. 2008 Aug;115(8):1376-81, 1381.e1-2.

  84. Wickremasinghe SS, Rogers SL, Gillies MC, Zhu M, Wong TY. Retinal Vascular Caliber Changes after Intravitreal Triamcinolone Treatment for Diabetic Macular Edema. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Nov;49(11):4707-11.

  85. McGeechan K, Liew G, Wong TY. Are retinal examinations useful in assessing cardiovascular risk? Am J Hypertens. 2008 Aug;21(8):847; author reply 848. No abstract available.

  86. Wickremasinghe SS, Michalova K, Gilhotra J, Guymer RH, Harper CA, Wong TY, Qureshi S. Acute Intraocular Inflammation after Intravitreous Injections of Bevacizumab for Treatment of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmology. 2008 Nov;115(11):1911-5.

  87. Liang YB, Friedman DS, Wong TY, Zhan SY, Sun LP, Wang JJ, Duan XR, Yang XH, Wang FH, Zhou Q, Wang NL; Handan Eye Study Group. Prevalence and Causes of Low Vision and Blindness in a Rural Chinese Adult Population The Handan Eye Study. Ophthalmology. 2008 Nov;115(11):1965-72.

  88. Sabanayagam C, Shankar A, Saw SM, Lim SC, Tai ES, Wong TY. Socioeconomic status and microalbuminuria in an Asian population. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009 Jan;24(1):123-9

  89. Liew G, Wang JJ, Cheung N, Zhang YP, Hsu W, Lee ML, Mitchell P, Tikellis G, Taylor B, Wong TY. The Retinal Vasculature as a Fractal: Methodology, Reliability, and Relationship to Blood Pressure. Ophthalmology. 2008 Nov;115(11):1951-6.

  90. Kreis AJ, Nguyen T, Rogers S, Wang JJ, Harper CA, Clark DJ, Farouque HM, Wong TY. Acute Retinal Arteriolar Emboli After Cardiac Catheterization.Stroke. 2008 Nov;39(11):3086-7.

  91. Loh BK, Bacsal K, Chee SP, Cheng BC, Wong D. Foveolitis Associated with Dengue Fever: A Case Series. Ophthalmologica. 2008;222(5):317-20.

  92. Mehta JS, Vithana EN, Venkataraman D, Venkatraman A, Poh R, Beuerman RW, Aung T, Tan DT. Analysis of conjunctival fibroblasts from a proband with Schnyder corneal of dystrophy. Mol Vis. 2008 Jul 9;14:1277-81.

  93. Aung T, Yong VH, Lim MC, Venkataraman D, Toh JY, Chew PT, Vithana EN. Lack of association between the rs2664538 polymorphism in the MMP-9 gene and primary angle closure glaucoma in Singaporean subjects. J Glaucoma. 2008 Jun-Jul;17(4):257-8.

  94. Kifley A, Wang JJ, Cugati S, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Retinal vascular caliber and the long-term risk of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose:the blue mountains eye study. Microcirculation. 2008 Jul;15(5):373-7.

  95. McGeechan K, Liew G, Macaskill P, Irwig L, Klein R, Sharrett AR, Klein BE, Wang JJ, Chambless LE, Wong TY. Risk Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease Based on Retinal Vascular Caliber (from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] Study). Am J Cardiol. 2008 Jul 1;102(1):58-63

  96. Wang S, Tikellis G, Wong N, Wong TY, Wang JJ. Lack of knowledge of glycosylated hemoglobin in patients with diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2008 Jul;81(1):e15-7.

  97. Tapp RJ, Tikellis G, Wong TY, Harper CA, Zimmet PZ, Shaw JE; Australian Diabetes Obesity and Lifestyle Study Group. Longitudinal association of glucose metabolism with retinopathy: results from the Australian Diabetes Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) study. Diabetes Care. 2008 Jul;31(7):1349-54.

  98. Cheung N, Huynh S, Wang JJ, Taylor B, Islam FM, Saw SM, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Relationships of retinal vessel diameters with optic disc, macular and retinal nerve fiber layer parameters in 6-year old children. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Jun;49(6):2403-8.

  99. Shankar A, Leng C, Chia KS, Koh D, Tai ES, Saw SM, Lim SC, Wong TY. Association between body mass index and chronic kidney disease in men and women:population-based study of Malay adults in Singapore. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Jun;23(6):1910-8.

  100. Su DH, Wong TY, Wong WL, Saw SM, Tan DT, Shen SY, Loon SC, Foster PJ, Aung T; Singapore Malay Eye Study Group. Diabetes, hyperglycemia, and central corneal thickness: the Singapore Malay Eye Study. Ophthalmology. 2008 Jun;115(6):964-968.e1.

  101. Lee KY, Vithana EN, Mathur R, Yong VH, Yeo IY, Thalamuthu A, Lee MW, Koh AH, Lim MC, How AC, Wong DW, Aung T. Association Analysis of CFH, C2, BF and HTRA 1 Gene Polymosphisms in Chinese Patients with Polypoidal Choroidal Vasulopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Jun;49(6):2613-9.

  102. Liew G, Cheung N, Wang JJ, Wong TY. Retinal Vessels and retinopathy of prematurity. Arch Ophthalmol. 2008 Jun;126(6):869-70; author reply 869-70.

  103. Nguyen TT, Cheung N, Wong TY. Influence of flickering light on the retinal vessels in diabetic patients: response to Mandecka et al. Diabetes Care. 2008 Jun;31(6):e51; author reply e52. No abstract available.

  104. Kawasaki R, Wang JJ, Wong TY, Kayama T, Yamashita H. Impaired glucose tolerance, but not impaired fasting glucose, is associted with retinopathy in Japanese population: the Fumagata Study. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2008 Jun;10(6):514-5. No abstract available.

  105. Tan DT, Janardhanan P, Zhou H, Chan YH, Htoon HM, Ang LP, Lim LS. Penetrating keratoplasty in Asian eyes: the Singapore Corneal Transplant Study. Ophthalmology. 2008 Jun;115(6):975-982.e1.

  106. Mehta JS, Hantera MM, Tan DT. Modified air-assisted descemetorhexis for Descemet-stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2008 Jun;34(6):889-91.

  107. Kawasaki R, Wong TY, Wang JJ, Kayama T, Yamashita H. Body Mass Index and vein occlusion.Ophthalmology. 2008 May;115(5):917-8; author reply 918-9. No abstract available.

  108. Sun C, Liew G, Wang JJ, Mitchell P, Saw SM, Aung T, Tai ES, Wong TY. Retinal vascular caliber, blood pressure and cardiovascular risk factors in an asian population. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 May;49(5):1784-90.

  109. Lavanya R, Wong TY, Friedman DS, Aung HT, Alfred T, Gao H, Seah SK, Kashiwagi K, Foster PJ, Aung T. Determinants of angle closure in older Singaporeans. Arch Ophthalmol. 2008 May;126(5):686-91.

  110. Anshu A, Cheng CL, Chee SP. Syphilitic uveitis:an Asian persepective. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008 May;92(5):594-7.

  111. Chee SP, Bacsal K, Jap A, Se-Thoe SY, Cheng CL, Tan BH. Clinical features of cytomegalovirus anterior uveitis in immumovompetent patients. Am J Ophthalmol. 2008 May;145(5):834-40.

  112. Sng CC, Jap A, Chan YH, Chee SP. Risk factors for endogenus Klebsiella endophthalmitis in patients withKlebsiella bacteraemia:a case-control study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008 May;92(5):673-7.

  113. Cheung N, Wang JJ, Rogers SL, Brancati F, Klein R, Sharrett AR, Wong TY; ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) Study Investigators. Diabetic retinopathy and risk of heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Apr 22;51(16):1573-8.

  114. Chong EW, Wong TY. Multivitamin supplements and cataract prevention. Ophthalmology. 2008 Apr;115(4):597-8. No abstract available.

  115. Rochtchina E, Wang JJ, Taylor B, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Ethnic variability in retinal vessel caliber: a potential source of measurement error from ocular pigmentation? - The Sydney Childhood Eye Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 Apr;49(4):1362-6.

  116. Cheung N, Wong TY, Liew G, Saw SM. Low birth weigh and retinal vascular caliber I young children. Pediatrics. 2008 Apr;121(4):862-3; author reply 863.

  117. De Silva DA, Wong TY, Chang HM, Ng BF, Tikellis G, Saw SM, Woon FP, Chen CP, Wong MC. Is routine retinal examination useful in patients with acute ischemic stroke? Stroke. 2008 Apr;39(4):1352-4.

  118. Baker ML, Hand PJ, Wang JJ, Wong TY. Retinal Signs and stroke: revisiting the link between the eye and brain. Stroke. 2008 Apr;39(4):1371-9. Epub 2008 Feb 28. Review.

  119. Anshu A, Chee SP. Diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis.Int Ophthalmol. 2008 Apr;28(2):127-9.

  120. Tan DT, Fong A. Efficacy of neural vision therapy to enhance contrast sensitivity function and visual acuity in low myopia. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2008 Apr;34(4):570-7.

  121. Liu S, Zhou L, Li J, Suresh A, Verma C, Foo YH, Yap EP, Tan DT, Beuerman RW. Linear analogues of human beta-defensin 3:concepts for design of antimicrobial peptides with reduced cytotoxicity to mammalian cells. Chembiochem. 2008 Apr 14;9(6):964-73.

Publications (April 2007 to March 2008)

  1. Alvarez BV, Vithana EN, Yang Z, Koh AH, Yeung K, Yong V, Shandro HJ, Chen Y, Kolatkar P, Palasingam P, Zhang K, Aung T, Casey JR. Identification and characterization of a novel mutation in the carbonic anhydrase IV gene that causes retinitis pigmentosa. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2007; 48(8):3459-3468.

  2. Ang LP, Chua JL, Tan DT. Current concepts and techniques in pterygium treatment. Current Opinion in Ophthalmology; 2007 Jul; 18(4):308-13.  Review

  3. Ang LP, Higashihara H, Sotozono C, Shanmuganathan VA, Dua H, Tan DT, Kinoshita S.  Argon laser iridotomy-induced bullous keratopathy a growing problem in Japan. British Journal of Ophthalmology; 2007 Dec; 91(12):1613-5

  4. Ang LPK, Lee MW, Seah LL, Cheong P, Rootman J. Orbital cellulites following intralesional corticosteroid injection for periocular capillary haemangioma. Eye 2007; 21(7):999-1001.

  5. Ang LP, Sayegh RR, Foster SC, Dohlman CH. The Boston Keratoprosthesis in Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2008. 145(3):438-44 

  6. Ang MH, Baskaran M, Kumar RS, Chew PTK, Oen FTS, Wong HT, Jap A, Au Eong KG, Seah SK, Aung T. National Survey of Ophthalmologists in Singapore regarding the Assessment and Management of Asymptomatic Angle Closure. Journal of Glaucoma 2008; 17: 1-4

  7. Anshu A, Chee SP. Posterior scleritis and its association with HLA B27 haplotype. Ophthalmologica 2007; 221(4):275-278.

  8. Anshu A, Chee SP Diffuse Unilateral Subacute Neuroretinitis. International Ophthalmology. 2007 Jul 19; (Epub ahead of print)

  9. Anshu Arundhati, Brendon Zhou Hui Jun, Prathiba Janardhan, Donald TH Tan. Iris Reconstruction in penetrating keratoplasty Surgical techniques and a case-control study to evaluate effect on graft survival.  American Journal of Ophthalmology; 2008 Feb; 145(2):203-209

  10. Bacsal KE, Chee SP, Cheng CL, Flores JV. Dengue-associated maculopathy. Archives of Ophthalmology 2007; 125(4):501-510.

  11. Bacsal K, Wen DS, Chee SP Concomitant Choroidal Inflammation during Anterior Segment Recurrence in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2008 Jan 10. (Epub ahead of print)

  12. Baker ML, Larsen EK, Kuller LH, Klein R, Klein BE, Siscovick DS, Bernick C, Manolio TA, Wong TY. Retinal microvascular signs, cognitive function, and Dementia in older persons. The cardiovascular health study. Stroke 2007; 38(7):2041-2047.

  13. Balasubramanian M, Iyengar SS, Beuerman RW, Reynaud J, Wolenski P. Real-time restoration of white-light confocal microscope optical sections. Journal of Electronic Imaging 2007; 16(3):1-10.

  14. Barr EL, Zimmet PZ, Welborn TA, Jolley D, Magliano DJ, Dunstan DW, Cameron AJ, Dwyer T, Taylor HR, Tonkin AM, Wong TY, McNeil J, Shaw JE. Risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in individuals with diabetes mellitus, impaired fasting glucose, and impaired glucose tolerance: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab). Circulation 2007;116:151-7.

  15. Baskaran M, Oen FT, Chan YH, Hoh ST, Ho CL, Kashiwagi K, Foster PJ, Aung T. Comparison of the scanning peripheral anterior chamber depth analyzer and the modified van Herick grading system in the assessment of angle closure. Ophthalmology 2007; 114:501-6.

  16. Chee E, Chee SP. Subconjunctival Injection of Triamcinolone in the Treatment of Lid Retraction of Patients with Thyroid Eye Disease: A Case Series. Eye, 2007 Oct 5. (Epub ahead of print)

  17. Chee E, Lim L, Tan D. Orthokeratology related infective keratitis - a case series. Eye Contact Lens 2007; 33(5):261-263.

  18. Chee SP. Clear corneal incision leakage after phacoemulsification—detection using povidone iodine 5%. International Ophthalmology. 2007 Aug-Oct; 26(4-5):175-9

  19. Chee SP. Management of the hard posterior polar cataract. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2007; 33(9):1509-1514.

  20. Chee SP, Bacsal K, Jap A, Se-Thoe SY, Cheng CL, Tan BH Clinical Features of Cytomegalovirus Anterior Uveitis in Immunocompetent Patients. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2008 Feb 5; [Epub ahead of print]

  21. Chee SP, Bacsal K, Jap A, Se-Thoe SY, Cheng CL, Tan BH. Corneal endothelitis associated with evidence of cytomegalovirus infection. Ophthalmology 2007; 114(4):798-803.

  22. Chen CY, Wong TY, Heriot WJ. Intravitreal Bevacizumab (Avastin) for Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration: A Short-term Study. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 143: 510-512.

  23. Cheng JY, Luu CD, Yong VH, Mathur R, Aung T, Vithana EN. Bradyopsia in an Asian man.Archives of Ophthalmology 2007; 125(8):1138-1140.

  24. Cheung N, Bluemke DA, Klein R, Sharrett AR, Islam FMA, Cotch MF, Klein BEK, Criqui MH, Wong TY. Retinal arteriolar narrowing and left ventricular remodeling: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Journal of American College of Cardiology 2007; 50:48-55. 

  25. Cheung N, Islam FM, Jacobs DR Jr, Sharrett AR, Klein R, Polak JF, Cotch MF, Klein BE, Ouyang P, Wong TY.  Arterial compliance and retinal vascular caliber in cerebrovascular disease. Annals of Neurology 2007; 62:618-24.  

  26. Cheung N, Islam FM, Klein R, Klein BE, Wong TY.  Plasma sphingomyelin is not associated with microvascular changes in the retina. Microvascular Research 2008 Jan; 75: 9.  

  27. Cheung N, Islam FM, Saw SM, Shankar A, de Haseth K, Mitchell P, Wong TY. Distribution and associations of retinal vascular caliber with ethnicity, gender, and birth parameters in young children. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2007;48:1018-24 

  28. Cheung N, Liao D, Islam FM, Klein R, Wang JJ, Wong TY. Is early age-related macular degeneration related to carotid artery stiffness? The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2007;91:430-3 

  29. Cheung N, Rogers S, Couper DJ, Klein R, Sharrett AR, Wong TY. Is diabetic retinopathy an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke? Stroke 2007; 38: 398-401.

  30. Cheung N, Saw SM, Islam FM, Rogers SL, Shankar A, de Haseth K, Mitchell P, Wong TY.  BMI and Retinal Vascular Caliber in Children. Obesity. 2007; 15: 209-15.

  31. Cheung N, Shankar A, Klein R, Folsom AR, Couper DJ, Wong TY. Age-related macular degeneration and cancer mortality in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Archives of Ophthalmology 2007; 125: 1241-7. 

  32. Cheung N, Sharrett AR, Klein R, Criqui MH, Islam FM, Macura KJ, Cotch MF, Klein BE, Wong TY.  Aortic distensibility and retinal arteriolar narrowing: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Hypertension 2007; 50: 617-22.

  33. Cheung N, Tikellis G, Saw SM, Amirul Islam FM, Mitchell P, Wang JJ, Wong TY. Relationship of axial length and retinal vascular caliber in children. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 144: 658-662.

  34. Cheung N, Tong L, Tikellis G, Saw SM, Mitchell P, Wang JJ, Wong TY. Relationship of retinal vascular caliber with optic disc diameter in children. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2007;48: 4945-8. 

  35. Cheung N, Wang JJ, Klein R, Couper DJ, Sharrett AR, Wong TY. Diabetic retinopathy and the risk of coronary heart disease. Diabetes Care 2007;30:1742-1746 

  36. Cheung N, Wang JJ, Wong TY, Mitchell P, Klein R. Relationship of hemoglobin A1c with the presence and severity of retinopathy upon initial screening of type II diabetes mellitus. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2007;144:639-40 

  37. Cheung N, Wang JJ, Wong TY. Variations in prevalence estimates of epiretinal membranes. Eye 2007;21:1131 

  38. Cheung N, Wong TY. Microvascular disease and cardiomyopathy. Journal of Cardiac Failure 2007; 13:792.  

  39. Cheung N, Wong TY. Obesity and eye diseases. Survey of Ophthalmology 2007; 52: 180-95.  

  40. Cheung N, Wong TY. Obesity surgery and hypovitaminosis A. Letter to Editor. Survey of Ophthalmology 2007; 52: 557.  

  41. Cheung N, Wong TY. The retina: a window to systemic microcirculation. British Medical Journal 2007; 334: 1257; online letter, June 20th 2007 

  42. Cheung N, Wong TY. The retinal arteriole to venule ratio: informative or deceptive? Letter to Editor. Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology 2007; [Epub ahead of print]  

  43. Chia A, Jaurigue A, Gazzard G, Wang Y, Tan D, Stone RA, Saw SM. Ocular dominance, laterality, and refraction in Singaporean children. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2007; 48(8):3533-3536. 

  44. Chong EW, Wong TY, Kreis AJ, Simpson JA, Guymer RH. Dietary antioxidants and primary prevention of age related macular degeneration: systematic review and meta-analysis. British Medical Journal. 2007 Oct 13;335(7623):755.  

  45. Cugati S, Wang JJ, Knudtson MD, Rochtchina E, Klein R, Klein BE, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Retinal vein occlusion and vascular mortality: pooled data analysis of 2 population-based cohorts. Ophthalmology 2007; 114:520-4. 

  46. De Haseth K, Cheung N, Saw SM, Islam FM, Mitchell P, Wong TY. Influence of intraocular pressure on retinal vascular caliber measurements in children. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 143:1040-2.  

  47. Foong AW, Fong CW, Wong TY, Saw SM, Heng D, Foster PJ. Visual Acuity and Mortality in a Chinese Population: The Tanjong Pagar Study. Ophthalmology 2007 Aug 30 [Epub ahead of print] 

  48. Foong AW, Saw SM, Loo JL, Shen S, Loon SC, Rosman M, Aung T, Tan DT, Tai ES, Wong TY.  Rationale and methodology for a population-based study of eye diseases in Malay people: The Singapore Malay Eye Study (SiMES). Ophthalmic Epidemiology 2007; 14:25-35.  

  49. Ghanem RC, Cruz J, Tobaigy FM, Ang LPK, Azar DT. LASIK in the presbyopic age group: safety, efficacy, and predictability in 40- to 69-year-old patients. Ophthalmology 2007; 144(7):1303-1310.
    Gillies MC, Islam FM, Zhu M, Larsson J, Wong TY. Efficacy and safety of multiple intravitreal triamcinolone injections for refractory diabetic macular oedema. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2007;91:1323-6 

  50. Gillies MC, Wong TY. Ranibizumab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration. The New England Journal of Medicine 2007; 356: 748-9; author reply 749-50.  

  51. Gipson IK, Argueso P, Beuerman R, Bonini S, Butovich I, Dana R, Dartt D, Gamache D, Ham B, Ju,blatt M, Korb D, Kruse F, Ogawa Y, Paulsen F, Stern M, Sweeney DF, Tiffany J, Ubels J, Willcox M. Research in dry eye: Report of the research subcommittee of the International Dry Eye Workshop 2007. The Ocular Surface 2007; 5(2):179-193.  

  52. How AC, Aung T, Chew X, Yong VHK, Lim MC, Lee KY, Toh JY, Li Y, Liu J, Vithana EN. Lack of association between Interleukin-1 gene cluster polymorphisms and glaucoma in Chinese subjects. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2007; 48: 2123-6.

  53. Kifley A, Liew G, Wang JJ, Kaushik S, Smith W, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Long-term effects of smoking on retinal microvascular caliber. American Journal of Epidemiology 2007; 166:1288-97.  

  54. Kifley A, Wang JJ, Cugati S, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Retinal vascular caliber, diabetes, and retinopathy. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 143:1024-6.  

  55. Klein R, Klein BE, Knudtson MD, Cotch MF, Wong TY, Liu K, Burke GL, Saad MF, Jacobs DR Jr, Sharrett AR. Subclinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and early age-related macular degeneration in a multiracial cohort: the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Archives of Ophthalmology 2007; 125:534-43.  

  56. Klein R, Klein BE, Moss SE, Wong TY. Retinal vessel caliber and microvascular and macrovascular disease in type 2 diabetes: XXI: the Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy. Ophthalmology 2007; 114:1884-92.  

  57. Kumar S, Acharya S, Beuerman R. Deposition of particles on ocular tissues and formation of Krukenberg spindle, hyphema, and hypopyon. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 2007; 129(2):174-186.

  58. Kumar RS, Baskaran M, Chew PTK, Friedman DS, Handa S, Lavanya R, Sakata LM, Wong HT, Aung T. Prevalence of plateau iris in primary angle closure suspects an ultrasound biomicroscopy study. Ophthalmology 2007. 115(3):430-4

  59. Kumar RS, Istiantoro VR, Hoh ST, Ho CL, Oen FT, Aung T. Efficacy and safety of a systematic switch from latanoprost to travoprost in patients with glaucoma. Journal of Glaucoma 2007, 16, 606-9 

  60. Kumar RS, Sakata LM, Aung T. Concerns regarding ACADEMIA. Archives of Ophthalmology 2007; 125(8):1140. 

  61. Lamoreux EL, Chong E, Wang JJ, Saw SM, Aung T, Mitchell P, Wong TY. Visual impairment, causes of vision loss and falls: The Singapore Malay Eye Study. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences 2008; 49:528-533. 

  62. Laurence S. Lim, Han T. Aung, Tin Aung, Donald TH Tan. Corneal Imaging with Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography for Lamellar Keratoplasty Procedures. American Journal of Ophthalmology; 2008 Jan; 145(1): 81-90 

  63. Lavanya R, Teo L, Friedman DS, Aung HT, Baskaran M, Gao H, Alfred T, Seah SK, Kashiwagi K, Foster PJ, Aung T . Comparison of anterior chamber depth measurements using the IOLMaster, scanning peripheral anterior chamber depth analyser and anterior segment optical coherence tomography. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 91(8):1023-1026.

  64. Lee KY, Rensch F, Aung T, Lim LS, Husain R, Gazzard G, Seah SK , Jonas JB. Peripapillary atrophy after acute primary angle-closure. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 91(8):1059-1061.

  65. Li J, Shen J, Beuerman RW. Expression of toll-like receptors in human limbal and conjunctival epithelial cells. Molecular Vision 2007; 8(13):813-822.

  66. Li SH, Li J, Tan D.T.H., Beuerman R.W. Expression and Function of Muscarinic Receptor Subtypes on Human Cornea and Conjunctiva.  Investigative Ophthalmology & Vision Science; 2007 Jul;48(7):2987-96.

  67. Liew G, Shankar A, Wang JJ, Klein R, Bray MS, Couper DJ, Sharrett AR, Wong TY. Apolipoprotein E Gene Polymorphisms and Retinal Vascular Signs: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Archives of Ophthalmology 2007; 125:813-8. 

  68. Liew G, Sharrett AR, Kronmal R, Klein R, Wong TY, Mitchell P, Kifley A, Wang JJ.  Measurement of retinal vascular caliber: issues and alternatives to using the arteriole to venule ratio. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2007; 48:52-57.  

  69. Liew G, Wang JJ, Wong TY. Macular degeneration and heart disease. Ophthalmology 2007; 114:1793.  

  70. Liew G, Wong TY, Mitchell P, Newall P, Smith W, Wang JJ. Retinal microvascular abnormalities and age-related hearing loss: The Blue Mountains Hearing Study. Ear Hear 2007;28:394-401 

  71. Lim LS, Aung HT, Aung T, Tan DT. Corneal imaging with anterior segment optical coherence tomography for lamellar keratoplasty procedures. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2008; 145: 81-90 

  72. Lim L, Wei RH, Chan WK, Tan DT. Evaluation of higher order ocular aberrations in patients with keratoconus. Journal of Refractive Surgery; 2007 Oct; 23(8):825-8  

  73. Liu S, Li J, Tan DT, Beuerman RW. The eyelid margin: a transitional zone for 2 epithelial phenotypes. Archives of Ophthalmology 2007; 125(4):523-532.

  74. Liu S, Li J, Tan DT, Beuerman RW. Expression and function of muscarinic receptor subtypes on human cornea and conjunctiva. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2007; 48(7):2987-2986.

  75. Loh BK, Chee SP Optical Coherence Tomography Findings in Acute Retinal Pigment Epithelitis. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2007 Jun; 143(6):1071; author reply 1071. 

  76. Luu CD, Foulds WS, Tan DT. Features of the multifocal electroretinogram may predict the rate of myopia progression in children. Ophthalmology; 2007 Aug; 114(8):1433-8 

  77. Marcus H N Ang, Mani Baskaran, Paul T K Chew, Francis T S Oen, Hon-Tym Wong, ALiza Jap, Kah-Guan Au Eong, Steve K L Seah, Tin Aung. National Survey of Ophthalmologists in Singapore for the Assessment and management of Asymptomatic Angle Closure. Journal of Glaucoma 2008; 17(1).  

  78. McIntosh RL, Journ GD, Mohamed Q, Saw SM, Wong TY. Interventions for branch retinal vein occlusion: An evidence-based systematic review. Ophthalmology 2007; 114(5):835-854.

  79. Mehta, J.S, Por YM, Beuerman R, Tan D.T.H. Glide Insertion Technique for Donor Cornea Lenticule during Descemets Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery; 2007 Nov; 33(11):1846-50 

  80. Mehta J.S, Por Y.M, Cajucom-Uy H, Parthasarathy A, Tan D.T.H.  FemtosecondLaser for Endothelial Keratoplasty. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery; 2007 Jul; 33(7):1141; author reply 1141-2 

  81. Mehta JS, Thomas AS, Tan DT. Endothelial keratoplasty. Ophthalmology; 2008 Feb; 115(2):420-420.e1; author reply 420-1 

  82. Mehta JS, Vithana EN, Tan DT, Yong VH, Yam GH, Law RW, Chong WG, Pang CP, Aung T. Analysis of the posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy 3 gene, TCF8, in late-onset Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science; 2008 Jan; 49(1):184-8 

  83. Mitchell P, Cheung N, De Haseth K, Taylor B, Rochtchina E., Amirul Islam FM, Wang JJ, Saw SM, WongTY. Blood pressure and retinal arteriolar narrowing in children. Hypertension 2007; 49(5):1156-1162.  

  84. Mohamed Q, Gillies, MC, Wong TY. Management of diabetic retinopathy: a systematic review. JAMA 2007;298:902-916 

  85. Mohamed Q, McIntosh RL, Saw SM, Wong TY. Interventions for central retinal vein occlusion: an evidence-based systematic review. Ophthalmology 2007;114:507-19 

  86. Nguyen TT, Wang JJ, Wong TY. Retinal vascular changes in pre-diabetes and prehypertension: new findings and their research and clinical implications. Diabetes Care 2007;30:2708-15.

  87. Patel A; ADVANCE Collaborative Group, MacMahon S, Chalmers J, Neal B, Woodward M, Billot L, Harrap S, Poulter N, Marre M, Cooper M, Glasziou P, Grobbee DE, Hamet P, Heller S, Liu LS, Mancia G, Mogensen CE, Pan CY, Rodgers A, Williams B (Group authorship: Wong TY). Effects of a fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide on macrovascular and microvascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (the ADVANCE trial): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2007; 370:829-40.

  88. Parthasarathy A, Aung T, Oen FT, Tan DT. Endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation for the management of advanced glaucoma after osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis surgery.  Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology; 2008 Jan-Feb; 36(1):93-4 

  89. Parthasarathy A, Mehta JS, Ming PY, Cajucom-Uy H, Tan DT.  Re: The use of the femtosecond laser in penetrating keratoplasty. American Journal of Ophthalmology; 2007 Dec; 144(6):975-6  

  90. Parthasarathy A, Por Y.M. Tan D.T.H. Use of a “small bubble technique” to increase the success of Anwar’s “big-bubble technique” for deep lamellar keratoplasty with complete baring of Descemet’s membrane. British Journal of Ophthalmology; 2007 Oct; 91(10): 1369-73. 

  91. Parthasarathy A, Por YM, Tan DT. Using a "small bubble technique" to aid in success in Anwar's "big bubble technique" of deep lamellar keratoplasty with complete baring of Descemet's membrane. British Journal of Ophthalmology; 2008 Mar; 92(3):422 

  92. Parthasarathy A, Theng J, Ti S.E., Tan D.T.H. Infectious keratitis after Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis. Journal of Refractive Surgery; 2007 Oct; 23(8):832-5 

  93. Parthasarathy A, Tan D.T.H. Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty for Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Cornea; 2007 Sept; 26(8): 1021-1023 

  94. Parthasarathy A, Mehta JS, Ming PY, Cajucom-Uy H, Tan DT.  The use of the femtosecond laser in penetrating keratoplasty.  American Journal of Ophthalmology; 2007 May;143(5):737-742

  95. Parthasarathy A, Tan DT. Deep lamellar keratoplasty for Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Cornea 2007; 26(8):1021-1023.

  96. Por YM, Chee SP Trisection technique: a 2-snip approach to Intraocular Lens Explanation. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2007 Jul; 33(7): 1151-4 

  97. Rahesh S. Kumar, MS, Mani Baskaran, DNB, Paul TK Chew, FRCS(Ed), David S Friedman, MD, MPH, Swati Handa, FRCS(G), Raghavan Lavannya, DO, Lisandro M Sakata, MD, PhD, Hon-Tym Wong, FRCS(Ed), Tin Aung FRCS(Ed), PhD. Prevalence of Plateau Iris in Primary Angle closure  Suspects: An Ultrasound Biomicroscopy Study. Ophthalmology March 2008. 115(3):430-4 

  98. Radhakrishnan S, See J, Smith SD, Nolan WP, Ce Z, Friedman DS, Huang D, Li Y, Aung T, Chew PT. Reproducibility of anterior chamber angle measurements obtained with anterior segment optical coherence tomography. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2007; 48(8):3683-3688.

  99. Ramprasad VL, Ebenezer ND, Aung T, Rajagopal R, Yong VH, Tuft SJ, Viswanathan D, El-Ashry MF, Liskova P, Tan DT, Bhattacharya SS, Kumaramanickavel G, Vithana EN.  Novel SLC4A11 mutations in patients with recessive congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED2).  Mutation in brief #958. Online. Human Mutation; 2007 May; 28(5):522-3 

  100. Rose KM, Wong TY, Carson AP, Couper DJ, Klein R, Sharrett AR. Migraine and retinal microvascular abnormalities: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Neurology 2007; 68:1694-700.  

  101. S Mandeep, See J, Aquino M, Thean L, Paul TK Chew. High- Definition Imaging of Trabeculectomy Blebs Using Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Adapted for the Anterior Segment. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2008-310. 

  102. Sabanayagam C, Shankar A, Wong TY, Saw SM, Foster PJ.Socioeconomic status and overweight/obesity in an adult Chinese population in Singapore . Journal of Epidemiology 2007:17(5): 161-168.

  103. Sakata LM, Lavanya R, Friedman DS, Aung HT, Seah SK, Foster PJ, Aung T. Assessment of the Scleral Spur in Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography images. Archives of Ophthalmology 2008; 126: 181-5 

  104. Sathyan P, Singh G, Au Eong KG, Raman GV, Sathyan P, Prashanth S.Suprachoroidal hemorrhage following removal of releasable suture after combined phacoemulsification-trabeculectomy. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2007; 33(6):1104-1105.

  105. Saw SM. Heidelberg retinal tomography of optic disc and nerve fiber layer in Singapore children: variations with disc tilt and refractive error. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2007; 48:4939-44. 

  106. Saw SM, Ooi PL, Tan DT, Khor WB, Fong CW, Lim J, Cajucom-Uy HY, Heng D, Chew SK, Aung T, Tan AL, Chan CL, Ting S, Tambyah PA, Wong TY. Risk factors for contact lens-related fusarium keratitis: a case-control study in Singapore. Archives of Ophthalmology; 2007 May; 125(5):611-7  

  107. Saw SM, Ooi PL, Tan DT, Khor WB, Fong CW, Lim J, Cajucom-Uy HY, Heng D, Chew SK, Aung T, Tan AL, Chan CL, Ting S, Tambyah PA, Wong TY. Risk factors for contact lens related fusarium keratitis: Author reply. Archives of Ophthalmology. 2007; 125: 1716.

  108. Saw SM, Wong TY, Ting S, Foong AWP, Foster PJ. The relationship between anterior chamber depth and the presence of diabetes in the Tanjong Pagar survey. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 144(2):325-326.

  109. See JL, Chew PT, Smith SD, Nolan WP, Chan YH, Huang D, Zheng C, Foster PJ, Aung T, Friedman DS. Changes in anterior segment morphology in response to Illumination and after laser iridotomy in Asian eyes: an anterior segment OCT study. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 91: 1485-9.

  110. Singh M, Aung T, Friedman DS, Zheng C, Foster PJ, Nolan WP, See JL, Smith SD, Chew PTK. Anterior segment optical coherence tomography imaging of trabeculectomy blebs before and after laser suture lysis. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 143(5):873-875.

  111. Sotozono C, Ang LPK, Koizumi N, Higashihara H, Ueta M, Inatomi T, Yokoi N, Kaido M, Dogru M, Shimazaki J, Tsubota K, Yamada M, Kinoshita S. New grading system for the evaluation of chronic ocular manifestations in patients with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. Ophthalmology 2007; 114(7):1294-1302

  112. Sng CC, Jap A, Chan YH, Chee SP Risk factors for Endogenous Klebsiella Endophthalmitis in patients with Klebsiella Bacteraemia - A case-control study. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2008 Feb 1. (Epub ahead of print) 

  113. Su DH, Bacsal K, Chee SP, Flores JV, Lim WK, Cheng BC, Jap AH; Dengue Maculopathy Study Group. Prevalence of Dengue Maculopathy in patients hospitalized for Dengue Fever. Ophthalmology. 2007 Sep; 114(9): 1743-7. 

  114. Su DH, Friedman DS, See JL, Chew PT, Chan YH, Nolan WP, Smith SD, Huang D, Zheng C, Li Y, Foster PJ, Aung T. Degree of Angle Closure and Extent of Peripheral Anterior Synechiae: An Anterior Segment OCT Study. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2008; 92: 103-7  

  115. Sun C, Tikellis G, Liew G, Klein R, Larsen EK, Wong TY. Apolipoprotein E gene and retinal microvascular signs in older people: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Molecular Vision. 2007; 13: 2105-11. 

  116. Sun C, Tikellis G, Klein R, Steffens DC, Larsen EK, Siscovick DS, Klein BE, Wong TY. Are microvascular abnormalities in the retina associated with depression symptoms? The Cardiovascular Health Study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2007; 15:335-343.  

  117. Sun C, Tikellis G, Klein R, Steffens DC, Larsen EK, Wong TY. Depressive symptoms and age-related macular degeneration in older people: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 2007; 14:127-33. 

  118. Susiyanti M, Mehta J.S, Tan D.T.H.  Bilateral Deep anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty for the management of Bilateral Post-LASIK Mycobacterial Keratitis. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery; 2007 Sep;33(9):1641-3 

  119. Tan DTH, Por YM. Current treatment options for corneal ectasia. Current Opinion in  Ophthalmology 2007; 18(4):279-283  

  120. Tan DT, Por YM. Current treatment options for corneal ectasia. Current Opinion in Ophthalmology; 2007 Jul; 18(4):284-9. Review 

  121. Tan D.T.H, Mehta J.S. Future Directions in Lamellar Corneal Transplantation. Cornea; 2007 Oct; 26 (Suppl. 1): S21-S28 

  122. Tan DT, Parthasarathy A. Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty for keratoconus. Cornea 2007; 26(8):1025.

  123. Tan DT, Tay AB, Theng JT, Lye KW, Parthasarathy A, Por YM, Chan LL, Liu C. Keratoprosthesis surgery for end-stage corneal blindness in asian eyes. Ophthalmology; 2008 Mar; 115(3):503-510.e3 

  124. Tay A.B.G, Tan D.T.H, Lye K.W, Theng J., Parthasarathy A., Por Y.M. Osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis surgery: a combined ocular-oral procedure for ocular blindness A. International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery; Sep 2007. 36(9):807-13  

  125. Taylor B, Rochtchina E, Wang JJ, Wong TY, Heikal S, Saw SM, Mitchell P. Body mass index and its effects on retinal vessel diameter in 6-year-old children. International Journal of Obesity (London) 2007; 31: 1527-33. 

  126. Ti SE, Scott J.A., Janardhanan P., Tan D.T.H.  Therapeutic keratoplasty for advanced suppurative keratitis. American Journal of Ophthalmology; 2007 May; 143(5): 755-762 

  127. Tikellis G, Sun C, Gorin MB, Klein R, Klein BE, Larsen EK, Siscovick DS, Hubbard LD, Wong TY. Apolipoprotein E Gene and Age-Related Maculopathy in Older Individuals: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Archives of Ophthalmology 2007; 125: 68-73. 

  128. Tikellis G, Wang JJ, Tapp R, Simpson R, Mitchell P, Zimmet PZ, Shaw J, Wong TY. The relationship of retinal vascular calibre to diabetes and retinopathy: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) study. Diabetologia 2007; 50: 2263-71.

  129. Tong L, Chan YH, Gazzard G, Loon SC, Fong A, Selvaraj P, Healey PR, Tan D, Wong TY,

  130. Toshida H, Nguyen DH, Beuerman RW, Murakami A. Evaluation of novel dry model: preganglionic parasympathetic denervation in rabbit. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 2007; 48(10): 4468-4475.

  131. Verma C, Seebah S, Low SM, Zhou L, Liu SP, Li J, Beuerman RW. Defensins: Antimicrobial peptides for therapeutic development. Biotechnology Journal 2007. 2(11):1353-9. Review.

  132. Vithana EN, Morgan PE, Ramprasad V, Tan DT, Yong VH, Venkataraman D, Venkatraman A, Yam GH, Nagasamy S, Law RW, Rajagopal R, Pang CP, Kumaramanickevel G, Casey JR, Aung T. SLC4A11 mutations in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy. Human Molecular Genetics; 2008 Mar; 17(5):656-66

  133. Wagle AA, Wagle AM, Bacsal K, Tan CS, Chee SP, Au Eong KG Practice Preferences of Ophthalmic Anaesthesia for Cataract Surgery in Singapore. Singapore Medical Journal. 2007 Apr; 48(4):287-90.

  134. Wang JJ, Liew G, Klein R, Rochtchina E, Knudtson MD, Klein BE, Wong TY, Burlutsky G, Mitchell P.  Retinal vessel diameter and cardiovascular mortality: pooled data analysis from two older populations. European Heart Journal 2007; 28:1984-92.

  135. Wang JJ, Wong TY. The value of population-based studies in the genomic era. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 2007; 14:1-2.

  136. Wang L, Wong TY, Sharrett AR, Klein R, Folsom AR, Jerosch-Herold M.  Relationship between retinal arteriolar narrowing and myocardial perfusion: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Hypertension 2008; 51: 119-26.

  137. Wong TY. Retinal features and prognosis. Letter to Editor. Ophthalmology 2007;114:1797

  138. Wong TY. Retinal vasculature findings do not add information about cardiovascular risk - reply. Archives of Internal Medicine 2007; 167: 1210

  139. Wong TY, Cheung N, Islam FM, Klein R, Criqui MH, Cotch MF, Carr JJ, Klein BE, Sharrett AR. Relation of retinopathy to coronary artery calcification: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. American Journal of Epidemiology 2008;167:51-8

  140. Wong TY, Klein R, Amirul Islam FM, Cotch MF, Couper DJ, Klein BE, Hubbard LD, Sharrett AR.  Three-year incidence and cumulative prevalence of retinopathy: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 143:970-6.

  141. Wong TY, Liew G, Mitchell P. Clinical update: new treatments for age-related macular degeneration. Lancet 2007; 370(9583):204-6.

  142. Wong TY, Liew G, Mitchell P. New treatments for age-related macular degeneration - Authors' reply. Lancet 2007; 370(9597):1480.

  143. Wong TY, Mitchell P. The eye in hypertension. Lancet 2007; 369 (9559): 425-35.

  144. Wong TY, Rogers SL.  Statins and age-related macular degeneration: time for a randomized controlled trial? American Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 144:117-9.

  145. Wong TY, Tikellis G, Sun C, Klein R, Couper DJ, Sharrett AR. Age-related macular degeneration and risk of coronary heart disease The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Ophthalmology 2007; 114::86-91.

  146. Wong CY, Wu E, Wong TY. Published hospital bill sizes and healthcare costs: what was the effect of SARS? Authors' reply. Singapore Medical Journal 2007; 48:487-488.

  147. Yip JL, Aung T, Wong TY, Machin D, Khaw PT, Khaw KT, Seah S, Foster PJ. Socioeconomic status, systolic blood pressure and intraocular pressure: the Tanjong Pagar Study. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 91: 56-61.

  148. Zhao PS, Wong TY, Wong WL, Saw SM, Aung T. Comparison of central cornea; thickness measurements by Visante anterior segment optical coherence tomography with Ultrasound Pachymetry. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2007; 143(6): 1047-1049.

  149. Zhou L, Beuerman RW, Huang L, Barathi A, Foo YH, Li SFY, Chew FT, Tan DT. Proteomic analysis of rabbit tear fluid: Defensin levels after an experimental corneal wound are correlated to wound closure. Proteomics 2007. 7(17):3194-206
     

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