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Effects of dietary phytol and phytanic acid in animals

Journal of Lipid Research, 1966
Feeding of phytol in large doses (2-5% by weight in the diet) led to accumulation of phytanic acid in the mouse, rat, rabbit, and chinchilla, the degree of accumulation depending upon the level of dietary intake.
Daniel Steinberg, Joel Avigan, Charles E. Mize, James H. Baxter, Jan Cammermeyer, Henry M. Fales, Patricia F. Highet   +6 more
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The impact of Merowe Dam on Simulium hamedense vector of onchocerciasis in Abu Hamed focus - Northern Sudan

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Abu Hamed, the northernmost onchocerciasis focus in the world, is located along the River Nile banks in the Nubian Desert. Hydroelectric dams can alter activity of black flies and may provide breeding sites for black fly.
Isam MA Zarroug, Arwa H Elaagip, Sara A Abuelmaali, Hanan A Mohamed, Wigdan A ElMubarak, Kamal Hashim, Tong Chor M Deran, Nabil Aziz, Tarig B Higazi   +8 more
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Optical coherence tomography angiography using the black-and-white pixel binarization histogram software: a new technique for evaluating healing of macular holes in two surgical techniques

International Journal of Retina and Vitreous, 2020
Background Many factors can influence the functional outcomes of macular hole surgery and some studies have tried to describe anatomical features that could predict successful treatment.
Oswaldo Ferreira Moura Brasil, Mariana Kawamuro, Denise Pardini Marinho, Bruna Trench Maia, Murilo Ubukata Polizelli, Gabriel Pipolo, Natalia Trench Maia, Rodrigo Dompieri, Natasha Ferreira Santos da Cruz, Mauricio Maia   +9 more
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The Nigerian national blindness and visual impairment survey: Rationale, objectives and detailed methodology [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Despite having the largest population in Africa, Nigeria has no accurate population based data to plan and evaluate eye care services. A national survey was undertaken to estimate the prevalence and determine the major causes of blindness and
Gudlavalleti Murthy VS, Brendan Dineen, Jiya, JY, Hannah Faal, Elhassan, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Elhassan, Mansur Rabiu, Rabiu, Mansur, Abiose Adenike, Rabiu, M, Ozemela, Chinenyem P, Adenike Abiose, Lee, Pak Sang, Lee Pak, Mahdi, Abdull M, Gilbert Clare E, Abiose, Adenike, Abubakar Tafida, Christian C Ezelum, Dineen Brendan, Abiose, A, Gudlavalleti, MVS, Elhassan Elizabeth, Ozemela Chinenyem P, Mahdi Abdull M, Mahdi, AM, Fatima Kyari, Abdull M Mahdi, Ezelum, CC, Lee, PS, Gilbert, CE, Gabriel, E, Clare E Gilbert, Ezelum, Christian C, Pak Sang Lee, Dineen, Brendan, Gabriel, Entekume, Gudlavalleti, Murthy VS, Tafida Abubakar, Murthy VS Gudlavalleti, Faal, H, Kyari, F, Abubakar, T, Elhassan, E, Entekume Gabriel, Ozemela, CP, Gabriel Entekume, Kyari, Fatima, Faal Hannah, Ezelum Christian C, Rabiu Mansur, Faal, Hannah, Gilbert, Clare E, Kyari Fatima, Chinenyem P Ozemela, Abubakar, Tafida, Jiya, Jonathan Y, Jonathan Y Jiya, Dineen, B, Jiya Jonathan Y   +59 more
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Neural correlates of motion-induced blindness in the human brain [PDF]

, 2010
Motion-induced blindness (MIB) is a visual phenomenon in which highly salient visual targets spontaneously disappear from visual awareness (and subsequently reappear) when superimposed on a moving background of distracters. Such fluctuations in awareness
Rees, G., Marieke L. Schölvinck, M. Scholvinck, Schölvinck, M.L., Geraint Rees, G. Rees   +5 more
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Eye conditions and blindness in children: priorities for research, programs, and policy with a focus on childhood cataract. [PDF]

, 2012
The major causes of blindness in children encompass intrauterine and acquired infectious diseases, teratogens and developmental and molecular genetics, nutritional factors, the consequences of preterm birth, and tumors.
Mohammed Muhit, Gilbert, Clare, Muhit, Mohammed, Clare Gilbert   +3 more
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Control, elimination, and eradication of river blindness: scenarios, timelines, and ivermectin treatment needs in Africa [PDF]

, 2015
River blindness (onchocerciasis) causes severe itching, skin lesions, and vision impairment including blindness. More than 99% of all current cases are found in sub-Saharan Africa.
Remme, JHF, Roungou, Jean-Baptiste, Peter Steinmann, Steinmann, P. (Peter), Young Eun Kim (117995), Peter Steinmann (92572), Wilma A Stolk, Roungou, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), Roungou, Jean Baptiste, Kim, YE, Kim, Young Eun, Stolk, W.A. (Wilma), Tediosi, F. (Fabrizio), Stolk, Wilma; id_orcid, Fabrizio Tediosi (247282), Tediosi, F, Steinmann, P, Young Eun Kim, Jean-Baptiste Roungou (720638), Jan H. F. Remme (261767), Steinmann, Peter, Wilma A. Stolk (107546), Roungou, JB, Stolk, Wilma A., Tediosi, Fabrizio, Remme, Jan H. F., Kim, Y.E. (Young Eun), Jean-Baptiste Roungou, Fabrizio Tediosi, Remme, J.H.F. (Jan), Jan H F Remme, Steinmann Peter, Stolk W. A., Tediosi F., Remme J. H. F., Kim Young Eun, Stolk Wilma A., Remme JH, Steinmann P, Steinmann P., Roungou J. -B., Tediosi Fabrizio, Roungou Jean-Baptiste, Stolk WA, Remme Jan H. F., Kim Y. E., Kim YE, Tediosi F, Roungou JB   +48 more
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Development of a patient-derived xenograft model of glioblastoma via intravitreal injection in mice

Experimental and Molecular Medicine, 2019
Brain cancer: A clearer view of glioblastoma An improved strategy for cultivating patient-derived tumors in mice gives researchers a faster, more accurate means for testing glioblastoma treatments.
Jooyoung Lee, Dong Hyun Jo, Jin Hyoung Kim, Chang Sik Cho, Jiwon Esther Han, Yona Kim, Hyoungwoo Park, Seung Ho Yoo, Young Suk Yu, Hyo Eun Moon, Hye Ran Park, Dong Gyu Kim, Jeong Hun Kim, Sun Ha Paek   +13 more
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Upon entering an age of global ivermectin-based integrated mass drug administration for neglected tropical diseases and malaria

Malaria Journal, 2017
Ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) in humans to reduce malaria vectors is yet another use for this remarkable medicine whose discoverers shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine with the discoverer of artemisinin.
Frank O. Richards
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A comparative analysis on human resources among the specialized ophthalmic medical institutions in China

Human Resources for Health, 2020
Background This study compares perspectives on specialized ophthalmic medical institutions, identifies the gaps in property and geographic offerings, and explores the ways that ophthalmic medical institutions can better allocate resources. The results of
Leilei Zhan, Neha Safaya, Hana Erkou, Lei An, Zhifeng Wang, Jingjing Feng, Xiao Xu   +6 more
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