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Ecological determinants of blindness in Nigeria: the Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey. [PDF]
, 2011 OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and causes of visual loss in different ecological zones across Nigeria. METHODS: A population-based survey using multi-stage, stratified, cluster random sampling with probability proportional to size comprising a ...
Abubakar, Tafida +9 more
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Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: There are no recent data on the prevalence and causes of blindness in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The aim of our study was to estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in the population aged 50 years and ...
Khalilia, Nasrallah +29 more
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Blindness incidence in Germany - A population-based study from Württemberg-Hohenzollern [PDF]
, 1999 Few data on the incidence of blindness in Germany are available. We analysed causes of legal blindness for the region Württemberg-Hohenzollern (population 5.5 million) in order to help fill in this gap.
Mickler, A. +4 more
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The blind leading the blind [PDF]
BMJ, 2007 A key feature of the government9s new plan for reforming health care in London is “polyclinics” in which GPs and specialists work side by side. But Iona Heath argues that this will be to the detriment of primary care and that patients with complex needs will lose ...
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Causes of childhood blindness in the northeastern states of India. [PDF]
, 2008 BACKGROUND: The northeastern region (NER) of India is geographically isolated and ethno-culturally different from the rest of the country. There is lacuna regarding the data on causes of blindness and severe visual impairment in children from this region.
Guha, Kamalesh +6 more
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Biosynthesis of fatty acids: IV. Studies with inhibitors
Journal of Lipid Research, 1963 Tetrolyl-CoA and propiolyl-CoA have been shown to be strong noncompetitive inhibitors of fatty acid synthesis. Acrylyl-CoA and isocrotonyl-CoA also inhibit, but much higher concentrations are required.
Joseph D. Robinson +2 more
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Journal of Ozone Therapy, 2021 During this COVID-19 pandemic, I was invited to review several papers from well-reputed and high-impact factor journals. Surprisingly, the review of these papers was not blind, allowing me to know the authors and their institutions. Not blinding the reviews allows reviewers to decide whether accept or not the task and can predispose the reviewer's ...
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Cell Death and Disease, 2023 Degenerative changes of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) triggered by transforming growth factor-β2 (TGF-β2) and oxidative stress play a critical role in the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Ha Young Jang +3 more
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Blindness and visual impairment due to age-related cataract in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of recent population-based studies. [PDF]
, 2013 AIM: We aimed to evaluate age-related cataract as a contributor to blindness and visual impairment (VI) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). METHODS: A systematic review of population-based studies published between 2000 and October 2012.
Sherwin, Justin C +2 more
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Ferulic acid attenuates high glucose-induced apoptosis in retinal pigment epithelium cells and protects retina in db/db mice [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background Herein, we aimed to present evidence that Ferulic acid (FA), a phenolic acid, can alleviate high glucose (HG)-induced retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cell apoptosis and protect retina in db/db mice.
Dejun Zhu +8 more
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