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Prevalence of blindness and visual impairment in Nigeria: the National Blindness and Visual Impairment Study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
PURPOSE: To determine the prevalence of blindness and visual impairment among adults aged > or = 40 years in Nigeria. METHODS: Multistage, stratified, cluster random sampling with probability proportional to size procedures was used to identify a cross ...
Kyari, Fatima   +7 more
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Memory and Resting‐State Connectivity in Acute Transient Global Amnesia: A Case–Control fMRI Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a striking model of isolated amnesia. While hippocampal lesions are well described, the network‐level mechanisms and the precise neuropsychological profile remain debated. Our objective was thus to characterize functional and neuropsychological correlates of acute TGA and their ...
Elias El Otmani   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safety and Tolerability of Givinostat: Evidence From Real‐World and Clinical Practice

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The aim of our study was to establish the prevalence of adverse events in a real‐world setting in boys living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) treated with givinostat as part of an Expanded Access Program (EAP) in Italy. Methods The cohort included 90 ambulant boys, with age when treatment started between 6 and 23 years (mean ...
Marika Pane   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Causes of Blindness in the Adult Population in Somalia

open access: yes, 2020
Objectives:To evaluate the causes and frequency of blindness among the adult Somali population according to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria.Materials and Methods:The data of 2,605 patients over 18 years old who presented to our tertiary ...
Mustafa Kalaycı
core   +1 more source

Inequality and inequity in eye health

open access: yesCommunity Eye Health Journal, 2016
According to the 2010 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study, the global prevalence of blindness (age-standardised) has declined from 0.60% in 1990 to 0.47% in 2010.
Johannes Trimmel
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Comprehensive Assessment of Arterial, Tissue, and Venous Collaterals for Evaluating the Infarct Growth Rate: The Multimodal Collateral Score

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Collaterals are crucial factors that influence the infarct growth rate (IGR). We aimed to determine whether a comprehensive multimodal collateral score (MCS), incorporating collateral assessment at the arterial, tissue, and venous levels, is associated with functional independence and provides incremental prognostic value over ...
Giorgio Busto   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prevalence and causes of childhood blindness in camps for displaced persons in Khartoum: results of a household survey

open access: yes, 2007
580-585The prevalence and causes of visual impairment and blindness were determined in 29 048 children < 16 years in all households of 5 camps for internally displaced people in Khartoum State, Sudan.
Muhit, M.A.   +3 more
core  

Tackling inequality and inequity in eye health: can the SDGs help us?

open access: yesCommunity Eye Health Journal, 2016
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in September 2015. They are a set of goals and targets that all UN member states have committed to achieving: ‘to end poverty, protect the planet, and ...
Zoe Gray
doaj  

Impact of Plasma p‐tau181 on Cognition, Motor Phenotypes, and Disease Course in ALS

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Phosphorylated tau181 (p‐tau181), an Alzheimer's disease biomarker, was recently evaluated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We investigated plasma p‐tau181 in 202 ALS/ALS‐FTD patients and 94 healthy controls, assessing cognitive performance, motor function, and longitudinal dynamics.
Elisabeth Kasper   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

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