International Journal of Ophthalmic PathologyISSN: 2324-8599

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Umur Kayabasi Author

Subjects of specialization
Neuro-ophthalmology

Affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, World Eye Hospital, Kartal Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Biography

Umur Kayabasi is a graduate of Istanbul Medical Faculty. After working as a resident in Ophthalmology, he completed his clinical fellowship program of Neuroophthalmology and electrophysiology at Michigan State University in 1995 After working as a consultant neuro ophthalmologist in Istanbul, he worked at Wills Eye Hospital for 3 months as an observer. He has been working at World Eye Hospital since 2000 He has chapters in different neuro-ophthalmology books, arranged international symposiums, attended TV programs to advertise the neuro- ophthalmology subspecialty. 


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Retinal Examination for the Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease

Author(s):

Umur Kayabasi, Robert C Sergott and Marco Rispoli

We examined 20 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). In the patients in whom we found hyper or hypo fluorescent lesions on fundus auto fluorescence (FAF), optical scanning tomography (OCT) was performed through these regions to reveal depositions in the retina. Drusen like spots- dots were noticed in different parts of the retina. 10 randomly chosen patients and 10 age-matched healthy controls were given curcumin to check for the changes in FAF and OCT.

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DOI: 10.4172/2324-8599.1000145

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