Solomon A., Puxeddu I., and Levi-Schaffer F. (2003)  Fibrosis in ocular allergic inflammation: recent concepts in the pathogenesis of ocular allergy.  Current Opinions in Allergy and Clinical Immunology  3:389-393.

Zamir E., Bodaghi B., Tugal-Tutkun I., See R.F., Charlotte F.,  Wang R.C., Wechsler B., LeHoang P., Anteby I., and Rao N.A. (2003)   Conjunctival ulcers in Behcet's disease. Ophthalmology 110:1137-1141.

Planer D., Cukierman T., Liebster D., Ilsar M., and Chajek-Shaul T. (2004)  Anterior uveitis as a complication of treatment with high dose cytosine-arabinoside.  American Journal of Hematology 76:304-306.

Albini T.A., Zamir E., Read R.W., Smith R.E., See F.R., and Rao, N.A. (2005)  Evaluation of subconjunctival triamcinolone for nonnecrotizing anterior scleritis.  Ophthalmology 112:1814-1820.

BenEzra D., Cohen E., and Maftzir G. (2005)  Uveitis in children and adolescents.  British Journal of Ophthalmology 89:444-448.

Micera A., Puxeddu I., Lambiase A.,  Antonelli A., Bonini S., Bonini S., Aloe L., Pe'er J., and Levi-Schaffer F. (2005)  The pro-fibrogenic effect of nerve growth factor on conjunctival fibroblasts is mediated by transforming growth factor-beta.  Clinical and Experimental Allergy 35:650-656.

Shoshani Y., Pe'er J., Doviner V., Frucht-Pery J., and Solomon A. (2005)  Increased expression of inflammatory cytokines and matrix metalloproteinases in pseudophakic corneal edema.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 46:1940-1947.

Solomon A., Wajngarten M., Alviano F., Anteby I., Elchalal U., Pe'er J., and Levi-Schaffer F.  (2005) Suppression of inflammatory and fibrotic responses in allergic inflammation by the amniotic membrane stromal matrix.   Clinical and Experimental Allergy 35:941-948.

Ocular pharmacology and drug delivery

Banin E., Morad Y., Berenshtein E., Obolensky A., Yahalom C., Goldich J., Adibelli F., Zuniga G., DeAnda M., Pe'er J., and Chevion M. (2003)  Injury induced by chemical warfare agents: Characterization and treatment of ocular tissues exposed to nitrogen mustard.    Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 44:2966-2972.

Eljarrat-Binstock E., Raiskup F., Frucht-Pery J., and Domb A.J. (2004)  Hydrogel probe for iontophoresis drug delivery to the eye.  Journal of Biomaterial Science: Polymer Edition 15:397-413.        

Eljarrat-Binstock E., Raiskup F., Stepensky D., Domb A.J., and Frucht-Pery J. (2004)  Delivery of gentamicin to the rabbit eye by drug-loaded hydrogel iontophoresis.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences 45:2543-2548.

Frucht-Pery J., Mechoulam H., Siganos CS., Ever-Hadani P., Shapiro M., and Domb A.  (2004)  Iontophoresis-gentamicin delivery into the rabbit cornea, using a hydrogel delivery probe. Experimental Eye Research (David Maurice Festschrift issue) 78:745-749.

Eljarrat-Binstock E., Raiskup F., Frucht-Pery J., and Domb A.J. (2005)  Transcorneal and transscleral iontophoresis of dexamethasone phosphate using drug loaded hydrogel.  Journal of Control Release 106:386-390. 

Morad Y., Banin E., Averbukh E., Berenshtein E., Obolensky A., and Chevion M. (2005)  Treatment of ocular tissues exposed to nitrogen mustard:  beneficial effect of zinc desferrioxamine combined with steroids.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 46:1640-1646.

Frucht-Pery J., Raiskup F., Mechoulam H., Shapiro M., Eljarrat-Binstock E., and Domb A. (2006)  Iontophoretic treatment of experimental pseudomonas keratitis in rabbit eyes using gentamicin-loaded hydrogels.  Cornea 25:1182-1186.

Raiskup-Wolf F., Eljarrat-Binstock E., Rehak M., Domb A., and Frucht-Pery J.  (2006) Delivery of the gentamicin to the eye via iontophoresis.  (In Czech).  Ceska a  Slovenska  Oftalmolmologie 62:175-182.

Eljarrat-Binstock E., Domb A.J., Orukov F., Frucht-Pery J., and Pe'er J.  (2007) Methotrexate delivery to the eye using transscleral hydrogel iontophoresis.  Current Eye Research 32:639-646. 

Albinism

Schreyer-Shafir N., Huizing M., Anikster Y., Nusinker Z., Bejarano-Achache I., Maftzir G., Resnik L., Helip-Wooley A., Westbroek W., Gradstein L., Rosenmann A., and Blumenfeld, A. (2006)  A new genetic isolate with a unique phenotype of syndromic oculocutaneous albinism:  Clinical, molecular and cellular characteristics.  Human Mutation 27:1158.

Lasers in ophthalmology

Zeira E., Manevitch A., Manevitch Z., Kedar E., Gropp M., Daudi N., Barsuk R., Harati M., Yotvat H., Troilo P.J., Griffiths T.G., Pacchione S.J., Roden D.F., Niu Z., Nussbaum O., Zamir G., Papo O., Hemo I., Lewis A., and Galun E. (2007)  Femtosecond laser:  a new intradermal DNA delivery method for efficient, long-term gene expression and genetic immunization.  FASEB J.  (in press).  E-pub ahead of print:  June 15, 2007.

Glaucoma

Blumenthal E.Z. and Morales A. (2003)  Resolution of hypotony maculopathy.  Archives of Ophthalmology 121:1502-1503.

Blumenthal E.Z., Sample P.A., Berry C.C., Lee A.C., Girkin C.A., Zangwill L., Caprioli J., and Weinreb R.N. (2003)   Evaluating several sources of variability for standard and SWAP visual fields in glaucoma patients, suspects, and normals.  Ophthalmology 110:1895-1902.

Blumenthal E.Z. and Sapir-Pichhadze R. (2003)  Misleading statistical calculations in far-advanced glaucomatous visual field loss.  Ophthalmology 110:196-200.

Guedes V., Schuman J.S., Hertzmark E., Wollstein G., Correnti A., Mancini R., Lederer D., Voskanian S., Velazquez L., Pakter H.M., Pedut-Kloizma T., Fujimono J.G., and Mattox C. (2003)  Optical coherence tomography measurement of macular and nerve fiber layer thickness in normal and glaucomatous human eyes.  Ophthalmology 110:177-189.

Nesher, R. and Ticho, U.  (2003)  Switching from systemic to the topical carbonic anhydrase inhibitor dorzolamide:  effect on the quality of life of glaucoma patients wth drug-related side effects.  Israel Medical Association Journal 5:260-263.

Sapir-Pichhadze R. and Blumenthal E.Z. (2003)  The medical treatment of glaucoma.  Harefuah 142:66-69.  (in Hebrew)

Sapir-Pichhadze R. and Blumenthal E.Z. (2003)  Steroid-induced glaucoma.  Harefuah 142:137-140. (in Hebrew)

Blumenthal E.Z.  (2004) Quantifying retinal nerve fiber layer thickness histologically:  a novel approach to sectioning of the retina.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 45:1404-1409.

Blumenthal E.Z., Haddad A., Horani A., and Anteby I.  (2004)    The reliability of frequency- doubling perimetry in young children.  Ophthalmology 111:435-439.

Boden C., Blumenthal E.Z., Pascual J., McEwan G., Weinreb R.N., Medeiros F., and Sample P.A. (2004)   Patterns of glaucomatous visual field progression identified by three progression criteria.  American Journal of Ophthalmology 138:1029-1036.

Frenkel S. Morgan J.E., and Blumenthal .EZ. (2005)  Histological measurement of retinal nerve fibre layer thickness.  Eye 19:491-498.  Epub ahead of print:  August 27, 2004.

Goldberg S., Gallily R., Bishara S., and Blumenthal E.Z. (2004)  Dorzolamide-induced choroidal detachment in a surgically untreated eye.  American Journal of Ophthalmology 138:285-286.

Sample P.A., Chan K., Boden C., Lee T-W., Blumenthal E.Z., Weinreb R.N., Bernd A., Pascual J., Hao J., Sejnowski T., and Goldbaum M.H. (2004)  Using unsupervised learning with variational Bayesian mixture of factor analysis to identify patterns of glaucomatous visual field defects.  Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 45:2596-2605.

Abramov Y., Borik S., Yahalom C., Fatum M., Avgil G., Brzezinski A. and Banin E.  (2005)  Does postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy affect intraocular pressure?  Journal of Glaucoma 14:271-275.

Frenkel S., Katz S., Horani A., Kaiserman I., Abu Asleh S., and Blumenthal E.Z.  (2006)  Estimating intraocular pressure using a glass rod.  Annals of Ophthalmology 38:195-199.

Blumenthal E.Z., Horani A., Sasikumar R., Garudadri C., Udaykumar A., and Thomas R. (2006) Correlating structure with function in end-stage glaucoma.  Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging 37:218-223.

Pediatric ophthalmology and eye movements

Anteby I., Isaac M., and BenEzra D. (2003)   Hereditary subluxated lenses: visual performances and long-term follow-up after surgery.   Ophthalmology 110:1344-1348.

BenEzra, D.  (2003)  In-vitro fertilization and retinoblastoma.   Lancet 361:273-4.

Amer R. and Anteby I. (2004)  Familial intraocular cysts in association with anisometropia.  British Journal of Ophthalmology 88:1349-1350.

BenEzra D.  (2005)   In vitro fertilization and childhood retinoblastoma.  British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 59:724.

BenEzra D (2005)  IVF and retinoblastoma.  British Journal of Ophthalmology 89:393.

Habil I., Cohen E., Karshai I., BenEzra D., and Behar-Cohen F. (2005)   Spontaneous involution of autologous lenses and phacoanaphylaxis reaction in Stickler syndrome.  British Journal of Ophthalmology 89:1532-1533.

Kowal L., Yahalom C., and Shuey N.H. (2006)  Chiari 1 malformation presenting as strabismus.   Binocular Vision and Strabismus Quarterly 21:18-26.

Development of ophthalmic instrumentation

Miron H. and Blumenthal E.Z. (2003)  Bridging analog and digital video in the surgical setting.  Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 29:1874-1877.

Blumenthal E.Z. and Frenkel S. (2005)  Inter-device reproducibility of the scanning laser polarimeter with variable corneal compensation.  Eye 19:308-311.  Epub ahead of print:  July 30, 2004.

Frenkel S., Slonim E., Horani A., Molcho M., Barzel I., and Blumenthal E.Z. (2005)  Operator learning effect and inter-operator reproducibility of the scanning laser polarimeter with variable corneal compensation.  Ophthalmology 112:257-261.

Horani A., Frenkel S., and Blumenthal E.Z. (2006)  The effect on pupil dilation on scanning laser polarimetry with variable corneal complensation.  Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging 37:212-216.

Horani A., Frenkel S., and Blumenthal E.Z. (2007)  Test-retest variability in visual field testing using frequency doubling technology.  European Journal of Ophthalmology 17:203-207.  

Orlev A., Horani A., Rapson Y., Cohen M.J., and Blumenthal E.Z. (2007)  Clinical characteristics of eyes demonstrating atypical patterns in scanning laser polarimetry.  EYE (in press).  E-pub ahead of print:  July 13, 2007.

Blumenthal E.Z., Parikh R.S., Pe'er J., Naik M., Kaliner E., Cohen M.J., Prabakaran S., Kogan M., and Thomas R. (2007)  Retinal nerve fiber layer imaging compared with histological measurements in a human eye.  EYE (in press).  E-pub ahead of print:  August 24, 2007.

Neuro-ophthalmology

Levin N., Orlov T., Dotan S., Zohary E. (2006)  Normal and abnormal fMRI ativation patterns in the visual cortex after recovery from optic neuritis.  Neuroimage 33:1161-1168.  

Ocular microbiology

Enk C.D., Anteby I., Abramson N., Amer R., Amit Y., Bergshtein-Kronhaus T., Cohen E., Greenberg Z., Jonas F., Maayan S., Marva E., Strauss U., and BenEzra D. (2003)  Onchocerciasis among Ethiopian immigrants in Israel.  Israel Medical Association Journal 5:485-488.

Enk C.D., Gardlo K., Ruzicka T., and BenEzra  D. (2003)  Onchocerciasis. Hautarzt 4:513-517.  (in German)

Refractive surgery

Rubinfeld R.S., Hardten D.R., Donnenfeld E.D., Stein R.M., Koch D.D., Speaker M.G., Frucht-Pery J., Kameen A.J., and Negvesky G.J. (2003)   To lift or recut:  changing trends in LASIK enhancement.  Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 29:2306-2317.

Zadok D., Raiskup F., Landau D., and Frucht-Pery J. (2003)  Long-term evaluation of hyperopic LASIK.  Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 29:2181-2188.

Kaiserman I., Hazarbassanov R., Varssano D., and Grinbaum A. (2004)  Contrast sensitivity after wave front-guided LASIK.  Ophthalmology 111:454-457.

Varssano D., Kaiserman I., Hazarbassanov R. (2004)  Topographic patterns in refractive surgery candidates.  Cornea 23:602-607.

Lifshitz T., Levy J., Raiskup F., Klemperer I., and Frucht-Pery J. (2005)  Two cases of pneumococcal  keratitis following myopic LASIK.  Journal of Refractive Surgery 21:498-501.

Landau D., Levy J., Solomon A., Lifshitz T., Orucov F., Strassman E., and Frucht-Pery J. (2006) Traumatic corneal flap dislocation one to six years after LASIK in nine eyes with a favorable outcome.  Journal of Refractive Surgery 22:884-889.

Landau D., Siganos C.S., Mechoulam H., Solomon A., and Frucht-Pery J. (2006)   Astigmatism following mersilene and nylon suture use for penetrating keratoplasty.  Cornea 25:691-694.

Frucht-Pery J., Landau D., Raiskup F.D., Strassman E., Blumenthal E.Z., and Solomon A. (2007)  Early transient post-LASIK visual acuity loss due to steroid-induced elevation of the intraocular pressure.  Journal of Refractive Surgery 23:244-251.

Oculoplastics

Nemet A.Y., Deckel Y., and Kourt G. (2006)  Orbital invasion of frontal sinus lymphoma.  Oribt 25:149-51.

Nemet A.Y., Deckel Y., Martin P.A., Kourt G., Chilov M., Sharma V., and Benger R. (2006)  Management of periocular basal and squamous cell carcinoma:  a series of 485 cases.  American Journal of Ophthalmology 142:293-297.

Other

Farber M.D. (2003)  National registry for the blind in Israel:  Estimation of prevalence and incidence rates and causes of blindness.  Ophthalmic Epidemiology 10:267-277.

Rodriguez P. and Blumenthal E.Z. (2003)  Photo quiz.  Abnormal ocular findings.  American Family Physician 68:933-934.

Morales A.J. and Blumenthal E.Z. (2004)  Painful red eye after surgery.  American Family Physician 70:155-156.

Mimran S. and Rotem R. (2005)  Ocular trauma under the shadow of terror.  Insight (journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses, Inc.) 30:9-11.