EDITOR,—The porphyrias are a group of rare inherited disorders caused by specific
enzymatic defects of the haem biosynthetic pathway. Congenital erythropoietic porphyria …

To the Editor: Bungy jumping is an art first begun in the New Hebrides as an ancient
manhood initiation ceremony and which has now spread to New Zealand in its new form as …

EDITOR,—I read with interest the recently published article by Pinna et al, 1 and compliment
the authors for bringing to light the important issue of external ocular infections associated …

Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare skin neoplasm. Tang and Toker1 first described MCC
in 1978 and since then 19 cases in association with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) …

Conclusion Despite the poor prognoses of both BAE and ocular MRSA infection,
conventional methods and medicines can yield an adequate result, as demonstrated in this …

EDITOR,—Infectious mononucleosis (IM), a common disease in childhood, is an acute
lymphoproliferative disease caused by Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), 1 a member of the herpes …

EDITOR,—I read with interest the article published in the BJO by Hunt. 1 In this paper the
author reports that the prevalence of APC resistance is more common than any other known …

5. Albini TA, Lakhanpal RR, Foroozan R, Holz ER. Macular hole in cat scratch disease. Am J
Ophthalmol. 2005; 140: 149-51. 6. Baskin MA, Jampol LM, Huamonte FU, et al. Macular …

EDITOR,—Early surgical intervention has been reported to achieve closure of laser induced
macular holes. 1 2 We report a case of spontaneous closure of a laser induced macular hole …

One week later her visual acuity was 6/18 in the right and 6/24 in the left. Fundus
examination showed mottled pigmentation at the macula and mid-periphery of both eyes but …