Eponymous women in ophthalmology: syndromes with prominent eye manifestations named after female physicians

Sarah H Van Tassel¹, Kira L Segal^{2

3}, Jessica B Ciralsky², Grace Sun²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1305 York Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY, 10021, USA. sjh2006@med.cornell.edu.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1305 York Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
³ Kellogg Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.

Sarah H Van Tassel et al. Eye (Lond). 2018 Aug.

. 2018 Aug;32(8):1293-1295.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-018-0102-7. Epub 2018 May 14.

Sarah H Van Tassel¹, Kira L Segal^{2

3}, Jessica B Ciralsky², Grace Sun²

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1305 York Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY, 10021, USA. sjh2006@med.cornell.edu.
² Department of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1305 York Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
³ Kellogg Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Comment on: Eponymous women in ophthalmology: syndromes with prominent eye manifestations named after female physicians.
Thomas PBM, Gunasekera CD. Thomas PBM, et al. Eye (Lond). 2019 May;33(5):850-859. doi: 10.1038/s41433-018-0313-y. Epub 2018 Dec 14. Eye (Lond). 2019. PMID: 30552421 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Response to: Comment on: Eponymous women in ophthalmology: syndromes with prominent eye manifestations named after female physicians.
Van Tassel SH, Segal KL, Ciralsky JB, Sun G. Van Tassel SH, et al. Eye (Lond). 2019 May;33(5):851-852. doi: 10.1038/s41433-018-0314-x. Epub 2018 Dec 18. Eye (Lond). 2019. PMID: 30560914 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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