Nordic research in ophthalmology.
OBJECTIVE
To provide an overview of some of the current activities in eye research in the Nordic countries.


METHODS
The presentations at the biannual Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology, held in Tampere, Finland in 2002, were reviewed and the contributions found most noteworthy are included in this article along with a limited discussion of each research field. However, space requirements prevented the inclusion of many interesting scientific contributions.


RESULTS
Important contributions in various subfields of eye research and ophthalmology are reviewed. These include cornea, cataract, paediatric ophthalmology, glaucoma, diabetic eye disease, age-related macular degeneration, physiology and pharmacology and oncology.


CONCLUSIONS
Eye research is very active in the Nordic countries and significant contributions are being made to ophthalmology in several fields on a world scale. We hope to continue to review Nordic contributions to eye research after each Nordic Congress of Ophthalmology and plan to make the reviews more systematic and comprehensive in the future.
Stefánsson
Einar
E
University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. einarste@landspitali.is
Zetterström
Charlotta
C
Ehlers
Niels
N
Kiilgaard
Jens F
JF
la Cour
Morten
M
Sigurdsson
Haraldur
H
Gudmundsdóttir
Elínborg
E
Prause
Jan Ulrik
JU
Heijl
Anders
A
D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000639:trends*; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries