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open access: yesNature Reviews Disease Primers, 2015
Cataract is the leading cause of reversible blindness and visual impairment globally. Blindness from cataract is more common in populations with low socioeconomic status and in developing countries than in developed countries. The only treatment for cataract is surgery.
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Cataracts

The Lancet, 2023
94 million people are blind or visually impaired globally, and cataract is the most common cause of blindness worldwide. However, most cases of blindness are avoidable. Cataract is associated with decreased quality of life and reduced life expectancy.
Cicinelli M. V.   +4 more
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Cataracts

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2015
Cataract surgery with an intraocular lens implant is one of the most common and thought to be the most effective surgical procedure in any field of medicine. Although aging is the most common cause, other factors are also known to be associated with cataract formation.
Jay, Thompson, Naheed, Lakhani
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Cataracts

The Lancet, 2017
An estimated 95 million people worldwide are affected by cataract. Cataract still remains the leading cause of blindness in middle-income and low-income countries. With the advancement of surgical technology and techniques, cataract surgery has evolved to small-incisional surgery with rapid visual recovery, good visual outcomes, and minimal ...
Yu-Chi, Liu   +4 more
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Hypocalcemic Cataract

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, 1980
A 19-year-old male with advanced renal failure developed bilateral cataracts indistinguishable from those considered characteristic of calcium deficiency. The biochemical findings during the dialysis treatment showed severe hypocalcemic episodes. A hypothetical mechanism to explain this kind of cataract is mentioned.
R, Stein, V, Godel
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Atopic cataracts versus steroid cataracts

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1981
A case of cataract development in a patient with atopic dermatitis is presented. Malpractice litigation was brought about because the patient alleged that he had steroid cataracts, which resulted from his having received systemic corticosteroids. Data are presented to show that atopic cataracts and corticosteroids.
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Pediatric cataracts

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, 1999
There have been major changes over the past 5 to 10 years in our understanding of both the chemical basis for and the surgical treatment of cataract in infants and children. Important questions that remain to be answered include the appropriate power and design selection criteria for intraocular lens implantation, as well as management of the posterior
M B, Hamill, D D, Koch
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