title: Nordic research in ophthalmology.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. einarste@landspitali.is
authors.forename: Einar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stefánsson
authors.forename: Charlotta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zetterström
authors.forename: Niels
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ehlers
authors.forename: Jens F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kiilgaard
authors.forename: Morten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: la Cour
authors.forename: Haraldur
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sigurdsson
authors.forename: Elínborg
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gudmundsdóttir
authors.forename: Jan Ulrik
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Prause
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heijl
mesh_terms: 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