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  1. Tomkins O, Kaufer D, Korn A, Shelef I, Golan H, Reichental E, Soreq H, Friedman A. Frequent blood-brain barrier disruption in the human cerebral cortex. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2001 Dec;21(6):675-691.

  2. Seiffert E, Dreier JP, Ivens S, Bechmann I, Tomkins O, Heinemann U, Friedman A. Lasting blood-brain barrier disruption induces epileptic focus in the rat somatosensory cortex. J Neurosci. 2004 Sep 8;24(36):7829-36.

  3. Ivens S, Kaufer D, Seiffert E, Bechmann I, Flores LP, Zumsteg D, Tomkins O, Seiffert E, Heinemann U, Friedman A. TGF-beta receptor-mediated albumin uptake into astrocytes is involved in neocortical epileptogenesis. Brain. 2007;130:535-547.

  4. Tomkins O, Freidman O, Ivens S, Reiffurth C, Major S, Dreier JP, Heinemann U, Friedman A. Blood-brain barrier disruption results in delayed functional and structural alterations in the rat neocortex. NeuroBiol Dis. 2007;25:367-377.

  5. Tomkins O, Shelef I, Kaizerman I, Misk A, Afawi Z, Eluishin A, Gidon M, Cohen A, Zumsteg D, Friedman A. Blood- Brain Barrier Disruption in Post- Traumatic Epilepsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008;79(7):774-7.

  6. Tomkins O, Feintuch A, Benifla M, Cohen A, Friedman A, Shelef I. Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown Following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Role in Post-Traumatic Epilepsy. Cardiovascular Psychiatry & Neurology. 2011:765923.

  7. Serlin Y, Tal G, Chassidim Y, Parmet Y, Tomkins O, Boris Knyazer, Alon Friedman, Jaime Levyl. Novel Fluorescein Angiography-Based Computer-Aided Algorithm for Assessment of Retinal Vessel Permeability. PLoS ONE. 2013. 8(4): e61599.

  8. Sophie Seguin-Greenstein, Sue Lightman, Oren Tomkins-Netzer. A Meta-Analysis of Studies Evaluating Visual and Anatomical Outcomes in Patients with Treatment Resistant Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration following Switching to Treatment with Aflibercept, Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016. 4095852.

  9. Dreier JP, Jurkat-Rott K, Petzold GC, Tomkins O, Klingebiel R, Kopp UA, Lehmann-Horn F, Friedman A, Dichgans M. Opening of the blood-brain barrier preceding a cortical oedema in a severe attack of FHM type II. Neurology. 2005 Jun 28;64(12):2145-7.

  10. Avni I, Garzozi HJ, Barequet IS, Segev F, Varssano D, Sartani G, Chetrit N, Bakshi E, Zadok D, Tomkins O, Litvin G, Jacobson KA, Fishman S, Harpaz Z, Farbstein M, Bar Yehuda S, Silverman MH, Kerns WD, Bristol DR, Cohn I, Fishman P. Treatment of Dry Eye Syndrome with Orally-Administered CF101: Data from a Phase 2 Clinical Trial. Ophthalmology. 2010 Jul;117(7):1287-93.

  11. Ben-Zion I, Tomkins O, Moore DB, Helveston EM. Surgical results in the management of advanced primary congenital glaucoma in a rural pediatric population. Ophthalmology. 2011 Feb;118(2):231-235.

  12. Somri M, Coran AG, Mattar I, Teszler C, Shaoul R, Tomkins O, Tome R, Mogilner JG, Sukhotnik I, Gaitini L. The postoperative occurrence of cardio-respiratory adverse events in small infants undergoing gastrointestinal surgery: a prospective comparison of general anesthesia and combined spinal-epidural anesthesia. Pediatr Surg Int. 2011 Nov;27(11):1173-8.

  13. Shehadeh-Mashor R, Srinivasan S, Boimer C, Lee K, Tomkins O, Slomovic AR. Management of Recurrent Pterygium with Intraoperative Mitomycin C and Conjunctival Autograft with Fibrin Glue. Am J Ophthalmol. 2011 Nov;152(5):730-2.

  14. Tomkins O, Ben-Zion I, Moore DB, Helveston EM. Outcomes of pediatric cataract surgery at a tertiary care center in rural southern Ethiopia. Arch Ophthalmol. 2011;129(10):1293-7.

  15. Taylor SR, Tomkins-Netzer O, Joshi L, Morarji J, McLoone E, Lightman S. Dexamethasone implant in pediatric uveitis. Ophthalmology. 2012 Nov;119(11):2412-2412.

  16. Hamed Azzam S, Briscoe D, Tomkins O, Shehadeh M, Garzozi H. Evaluation of intraocular pressure according to corneal thickness before and after Excimer laser corneal ablation for myopia. Acta Ophthalmol. 2012;90 s249.

  17. Moore DB, Shirefaw W, Tomkins-Netzer O, Eshete Z, Netzer-Tomkins H, Ben-Zion I. Prevalence of xerophthalmia among malnourished children in rural Ethiopia. Int Ophthalmol. 2013. 33(5):455-9.

  18. Taylor SR, Banker A, Schlaen A, Couto C, Matthe E, Joshi L, Menezo V, Nguyen E, Tomkins-Netzer O, Bar A, Morarji J, McCluskey P, Lightman S. Intraocular Methotrexate Can Induce Extended Remission in Some Petients in Noninfectious Uveitis. Retina. 2013. 33(10):2149-54.

  19. Kinori M, Tomkins-Netzer O, Wygnanski-Jaffe T, Ben-Zion I.Traumatic pediatric cataract in southern Ethiopia-results of 49 cases. J AAPOS. 2013. 17(5):512-5. 

  20. Tomkins-Netzer O, Taylor SR, Lightman S. Long term clinical and anatomic outcome of birdshot chorioretinopathy. JAMA Ophthalmology. 2014. 132(1):57-62. 
    http://www.newsdaily.com/health/8c231aac234f7c1bd501685c1927686c/long-term-treatment-maintains-visual-acuity-in-birdshot-chorioretinopathy
    http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/817921

  21. Talat L, Tomkins-Netzer O, Taylor SR, Md Din N, Bar A, Isa H, Lightman S. The influence of diabetes mellitus on the management and visual outcome of patients with uveitis. Acta Ophthalmol. 2014. 92(4):e329-30.

  22. Tomkins-Netzer O, Taylor SR, Bar A, Lula A, Yaganti S, Lightman S. Treatment with Repeat Dexamethasone Implants Results in Long Term Disease Control in Eyes with Non-infectious Uveitis. Ophthalmology. 2014. 121(8):1649-54.

  23. Din NM, Taylor SR, Isa H, Tomkins-Netzer O, Bar A, Talat L, Lightman S. Evaluation of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Eyes With Hypertensive Uveitis. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2014.132(7):859-65.

  24. Tomkins-Netzer O, Talat L, Bar A, Lula A, Taylor SR, Joshi L, Lightman S. Long-term Clinical Outcome and Causes of Vision loss in Patients with Uveitis. Ophthalmology. 2014.121(12):2387-92.

  25. Tomkins-Netzer O, Moore DB, Eshete Z, Garzozi HJ, Ben-Zion I. Outcomes of pediatric cataract surgery under local anesthesia in a rural setting. Advances in ophthalmology & visual pathways. 2014. 1(3) DOI:10.15406/aovs.2014.01.00017.

  26. Riemens A, Bromberg J, Touitou V, Sobolewska B, Missotten T, Baarsma S, Hoyng C, Cordero-Coma M, Tomkins O, Rozalski A, Tugal-Tutkun I, Guex-Crosier Y, Los LI, Bollemeijer JG, Nolan A, Pawade J, Willermain F, Bodaghi B, Dam-van Loon N, Dick A, Zierhut M, Lightman S, Mackensen F, Moulin A, Erckens R, Wensing B, le Hoang P, Lokhorst H, Rothova A. Treatment Strategies in Primary Vitreoretinal Lymphoma: Toward prevention of subsequent central nervous system lymphoma – A European Study. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2015. 133(2):191-7.

  27. Lightman S, Taylor SR, Bunce C, Longhurst H, Lynn W, Moots R, Stanford M, Tomkins-Netzer O, Yang D, Calder VL, Haskard DO. Pegylated Interferon α-2breduces corticosteroid requirement in patients with Behcet’s disease with upregulation of circulating regulatory T cells and reduction of Th17. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015. 74(6) 1138-44.

  28. Isa H, Luthert P, Rose G, Verity D, Pusey C, Tomkins-Netzer O, MdDin N, Lee Teak T, Taylor S, Lightman S. Tissue IL-17 and IL-23 as biomarkers for orbital granulomatosis with polyangiitis. Ophthalmology. 2015;122(10):2140-2.

  29. Fabian ID, Tomkins-Netzer O, Stoker I, Arora AK, Sagoo MS, Cohen VM. Secondary Enucleations for Uveal Melanoma: A 7-Year Retrospective Analysis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2015;160(6):1104-1110.

  30. Oren Tomkins-Netzer, Susan Lightman, Lea Drye, John Kempen, Gary N. Holland, Narsing A. Rao, Richard J. Stawell, Albert Vitale, Douglas A. Jabs. Outcome of Treatment of Uveitic Macular Edema:  the Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) Trial 2-year Results. Ophthalmology. 2015;122(11):2351-9. 

  31. Oren Tomkins-Netzer, Lazha Talat, Sophie Seguin Greenstein, Asaf Bar, Sue Lightman. Outcome of treating pediatric uveitis with dexamethasone implants. Am J Ophthalmol. 2016;161:110-115.

  32.  Md Din N, Tomkins-Netzer O, Talat L, Taylor SR, Isa H, Bar A, Lightman S. Raised Intraocular Pressure in Nonjuvenile Idiopathic Arthritis-Uveitis Children: Risk Factors and Effect on Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer. J Glaucoma. 2016;25:598-604.

  33. Joshi L, Bar A, Tomkins-Netzer O, Yaganti S, Morarji J, Vouzounis P, Seguin-Greenstein S, Taylor SR, Lightman S. Intravitreal bevacizumab injections for diabetic macular edema - predictors of response: a retrospective study. Clin Ophthalmol. 2016 10:2093-2098.

  34. Din NM, Talat L, Isa H, Tomkins-Netzer O, Barton K, Lightman S. Difference in glaucoma progression between the first and second eye after consecutive bilateral glaucoma surgery in patients with bilateral uveitic glaucoma. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2016;254:2439-2448.

  35. Tomkins-Netezr O, Seguin-Greenstein S, Woronkowicz M, Lightman S. Aflibercept Improves Outcome in Eyes with Poor Vision from Neovascular Age Related Macular Degeneration. Acta Ophthalmol. 2017;95(4):e342-e344.

  36. Niederer RL, Sharief L, Bar A, Lightman SL, Tomkins-Netzer O. Predictors of Long-Term Visual Outcome in Intermediate Uveitis. Ophthalmology. 2017 124:393-398.

  37. Risk Factors for the Development of Cataract in Children with Uveitis. Blum-Hareuveni T, Seguin-Greenstein S, Kramer M, Hareuveni G, Sharon Y, Friling R, Sharief L, Lightman S, Tomkins-Netzer O. Am J Ophthalmol. 2017 177:139-143.

  38. Sharief L, Lightman S, Blum-Hareuveni T, Bar A, Tomkins-Netzer O. Clinical Outcome of Retinal Vasculitis and Predictors for Prognosis of Ischemic Retinal Vasculitis. Am J Ophthalmol. 2017 177:206-212. 

  39. Niederer RL, Gilbert R, Lightman SL, Tomkins-Netzer O. Risk Factors for Developing Choroidal Neovascular Membrane and Visual Loss in Punctate Inner Choroidopathy. Ophthalmology. 2017 S0161-6420:32411-3.

  40. Niederer RL, Ahmed Talat Sharief L, Bar A, Lightman SL, Tomkins-Netzer O. Reply to letter about Predictors of Long-Term Visual Outcome in Intermediate Uveitis. Ophthalmology. 2017 124:e60.

  41. Zaigraykina N, Tomkins O, Garzozi HJ, Potasman I. Fusarium keratitis acquired during travel to namibia. J Travel Med. 2010 May-Jun;17(3):209-11.

  42. Tomkins O, Abel-Peleg B, Ben- Zion I. Congenital unilateral Brown syndrome in non-twin siblings. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2011;48(4):253-4.

  43. Morarji J, Joshi L, Tomkins-Netzer O, Lightman S, Taylor SR. Combined Infliximab and Rituximab in Necrotising Scleritis. Case Rep Ophthalmol 2012;3:286-290.

  44. Joshi L, Morarji J, Tomkins-Netzer O, Lightman S, Taylor SR. Rhizobium radiobacter Endophthalmitis following Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection. Case Reports in Ophthalmology 2012;3(3), 283-285.

  45. Joshi L, Tomkins-Netzer O, Menezo V, Sallam A, Kirkpatrick N, Lightman S, Taylor SR. Dexamethasone implants and neovascular glaucoma in central retinal vein occlusion. Acta Ophthalmol. 2012. 91(3):e239-40.

  46. Tomkins O, Garzozi HJ. Collagen Crosslinking: Strengthening the Unstable Cornea. Clinical Ophthalmology. 2008;4:863-867.

  47. Vardizer Y, Tomkins O, Briscoe D. Clinical Assessment of Thyroid Related Orbitopathy. A review. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 2010;7:186-192 (Commissioned).

  48. Tomkins-Netzer O, Taylor SR, Lightman S Corticosteroid-sparing agents: new treatment options. Dev Ophthalmol. 2012;51:47-56. (Commissioned).

  49. Moore DB, Tomkins O, Ben-Zion I. A Review of Primary Congenital Glaucoma in the Developing World. Surv Ophthalmol. 2013. 58(3):278-85.

  50. Tomkins-Netzer O, Taylor SR, Lightman S. Can Rituximab Induce Long Term Disease Remission in Patients with Intra-ocular Non-infectious Inflammation? Ophthalmologica. 2013. 230(3):109-15. (Commissioned).

  51. Samy A, Lightman S, Ismetova F, Talat L, Tomkins-Netzer O. Use of Autofluorescence in Inflammatory Conditions of the Eye. Journal of Ophthalmology. 2014. Epub. (Commissioned).

  52. Talat L, Lightman S, Tomkins-Netzer O. Ischemic retinal vasculitis and its management. Journal of Ophthalmology. 2014. Epub. (Commissioned).

  53. Baltmr A, Lightman S, Tomkins-Netzer O. Examining the Choroid in Ocular Inflammation- A Focus on Enhanced Depth Imaging. Journal of Ophthalmology. 2014. Epub. (Commissioned).

  54. Tomkins-Netzer O, Talat L, Ismetova F, Samy A, Lightman S. Immunomodulatory therapy in uveitis. Dev Ophthalmol. 2016;55:265-75. (Commissioned).

  55. Tomkins-Netzer O, Ismetova F, Bar A, Seguin-Greenstein S, Kramer M, Lightman S. Functional outcome of macular edema in different retinal disorders. Prog Retin Eye Res. Epub. (Commissioned)

  56. Baltmr A, Lightman S, Tomkins-Netzer O. Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome - current perspectives. Clin Ophthalmol. 10:2345-2361. (Commissioned)

  57. Soreq H, Kaufer D, Shelef I, Golan H, Tomkins O, Glick D, Reichental E Friedman A. The molecular biology of blood-brain barrier disruption under stress: the potential involvement of acetylcholinesterase. In: Brain disease: Therapeutic strategies and repair. Eds: Abramsky O, Alastair D, Compston S, Miller A, Said G. Martin Dunitz Publishers: pp. 231-236, 2002.

  58. Avivi E, Tomkins O, Korn A, Pavlovsky L, Shelef I, Friedman A. Persistent Blood-Brain-Barrier Disruption in Humans: A Window to Neurodegenerative Diseases, In: Silman, I., Soreq, H., Anglister, L., Michaelson, D. and Fisher, A. eds. Cholinergic Mechanisms: Function and Dysfunction. Taylor & Francis Publishers: pp.423-430, 2004.

  59. Tomkins-Netzer O, Taylor SR, Lightman S. Corticosteroid-sparing agents: new treatment options, In: Modorati, G. Miserocchi, E. and Foster, S. eds. New Treatments in Non-Infectious Uveitis. Karger Publishers: pp 46-56, 2012.

  60. Talat L, Ismetova F, Lightman S, Tomkins-Netzer O. Treatment of uveitis with intraocular steroids, In: Augustin A. Ed. Intravitreal Steroids. Springer. In Press

  61. Tomkins-Netzer O, Talat L, Ismetova F, Samy A, Lightman S. Immunomodulatory therapy in uveitis In: Nguyen QD, Buchele EB, Farah ME, Mieler WF. Retinal Pharmacotherapy. Saunders. In Press.

  62. Tomkins-Netzer O, Lightman S. Candida (Candidiasis), Ocular Infection/Inflammation Caused by, Endogenous Endophthalmitis. In: Schmidt-Erfurth U and Kohnen T Ed. Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. Springer.

  63. Tomkins-Netzer O. Aspergillus (aspergillosis), Endogenous Endophthalmitis. In: Schmidt-Erfurth U and Kohnen T Ed. Encyclopedia of Ophthalmology. Springer.

  64. Rachael Niederer, Asaf Bar, Rosie Gilbert, Lazha Talat, Efthymia Pavlidou, Malgorzata Woronkowicz, Sophie Seguin-Greenstein, Sue Lightman, Oren Tomkins-Netzer. Chronic endophthalmitis masquerading as uveitis. In: Durand ML Ed. Endophthalmitis. Springer. 2015

  65. Moore DB, Tomkins O, Ben-Zion I. Author response. Surv Ophthalmol. 2013. 58(5):502.

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