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EPHA2 Polymorphisms and Age-Related Cataract in India [PDF]

, 2012
Objective: We investigated whether previously reported single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of EPHA2 in European studies are associated with cataract in India. Methods: We carried out a population-based genetic association study. We enumerated randomly
Sundaresan Periasamy, Ravilla D. Ravindran, Maraini Giovanni, Giovanni Maraini, Shanker, Ashwini, James F Hejtmancik, Hejtmancik, James F, Ravindran, RD, Nonyane BA, Camparini, M, Fletcher A.E., Nitsch, D, Ashwini Shanker, Nitsch D, Dorothea Nitsch, Smeeth L, Usha Chakravarthy, Chakravarthy Usha, Fletcher Astrid E., Ravilla D Ravindran, Praveen Vashist, Sundaresan, Periasamy, Fletcher, AE, Talwar, B, Hejtmancik, JF, Chakravarthy, Usha, Smeeth Liam, Camparini, Monica, Astrid E Fletcher, Nonyane Bareng Aletta S., Hejtmancik JF, Nonyane, Bareng Aletta S, James F. Hejtmancik, Maraini, Giovanni, Fletcher, Astrid E, Bareng Aletta S. Nonyane, Monica Camparini, Talwar B, Nonyane, BAS, Bareng Aletta S Nonyane, Periasamy Sundaresan, Badrinath Talwar, Ravindran, Ravilla D, Chakravarthy, U, Talwar Badrinath, Periasamy Sundaresan, Maraini, G, Shanker, A, Vashist Praveen, Chakravarthy U, Maraini G, Sundaresan, P, Nitsch Dorothea, Sundaresan P, Vashist, Praveen, Vashist P, Astrid E. Fletcher, Liam Smeeth, Hejtmancik James F., Camparini Monica, Vashist, P, Shanker Ashwini, Talwar, Badrinath, Smeeth, Liam, Ravindran RD, Shanker A, Nitsch, Dorothea, Ravindran Ravilla D.   +67 more
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Meeting the needs of children with congenital and developmental cataract in Africa

Community Eye Health Journal, 2008
In much of Africa, childhood cataract is becoming one of the leading causes of new cases of blindness reported per year.Although there is insufficient data on childhood cataract, both congenital and developmental, the backlog of children in need of ...
Paul Courtright, Childhood Cataract Experts Meeting Group   +1 more
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Years of sunlight exposure and cataract: a case-control study in a Mediterranean population. [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate the relation between sunlight exposure and risk of cataract. METHODS: We carried out a frequency-matched case-control study of 343 cases and 334 controls attending an ophthalmology outpatient clinic at a primary health-
Pastor-Valero, María, Fletcher, Astrid E, de Stavola, Bianca L, Chaqués-Alepúz, Vicente   +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, Bastawrous, Andrew, Dean, William H   +2 more
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Genetic predisposition to porto‐sinusoidal vascular disorder: A functional genomic‐based, multigenerational family study

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
A deleterious variant of FCHSD1 results in mTOR pathway overactivation and may cause porto‐sinusoidal vascular disorder (PSVD). The pedigree of the family demonstrated an autosomal dominant disease with variable expressivity. Whole‐genome sequencing and Sanger sequencing both validated the existence of the FCHSD1 variant and the heterozygosity of c ...
Jingxuan Shan, André Megarbane, Aziz Chouchane, Deepak Karthik, Ramzi Temanni, Atilio Reyes Romero, Huiying Hua, Chun Pan, Xixi Chen, Murugan Subramanian, Chadi Saad, Hamdi Mbarek, Cybel Mehawej, Eliane Chouery, Sirin W. Abuaqel, Alexander Dömling, Sami Remadi, Cesar Yaghi, Pu Li, Lotfi Chouchane   +19 more
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Cataract surgery in Southern Ethiopia: distribution, rates and determinants of service provision. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Cataract is the leading cause of blindness worldwide, with the greatest burden found in low-income countries. Cataract surgery is a curative and cost-effective intervention.
Habtamu, Esmael, Burton, Matthew J, Esmael Habtamu, Zebiba Eshete, Matthew J Burton, Eshete, Zebiba   +5 more
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Peribulbar versus retrobulbar anaesthesia for cataract surgery. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Cataract is a major cause of blindness worldwide. Unless medically contraindicated, cataract surgery is usually performed under local (regional) anaesthesia.
Henry OD Ejere, Kyari, Fatima, Ejere, HOD, Alhassan, Mahmoud Babanini, Mahmoud B Alhassan, Fatima Kyari, Alhassan, MB, Ejere, Henry Od, Kyari, F, Archila Tibaduiza, Leidy Johanna   +9 more
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Prevalence of cataract in an older population in India: the India study of age-related eye disease. [PDF]

, 2011
PURPOSE: To describe the prevalence of cataract in older people in 2 areas of north and south India. DESIGN: Population-based, cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: Randomly sampled villages were enumerated to identify people aged ≥ 60 years.
Gogoi, Madhurjya, Madhurjya Gogoi, Ravilla D. Ravindran, Giovanni Maraini, Maraini, Giovanni, Fletcher, Astrid E, Thulasiraj D. Ravilla, John, Neena, Monica Camparini, Badrinath Talwar, Ravindran, Ravilla D, Neena John, Usha Chakravarthy, Praveen Vashist, Ravilla, Thulasiraj D, Gudlavalleti V. Murthy, Chakravarthy, Usha, Kathryn E. Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick, Kathryn E, Vashist, Praveen, Camparini, Monica, Astrid E. Fletcher, Talwar, Badrinath, Murthy, Gudlavalleti V   +23 more
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Effects of cataract surgery on blinking [PDF]

, 2022
Phacoemulsification cataract surgery significantly altered the blinking pattern of patients, with a reduction in the blink rate and an increase in the percentage of incomplete blinks, although blinking kinematics remained ...
Cristina Peris-Martínez, Díez Ajenjo, María Amparo, Peris Martínez, Cristina Paloma, García Lázaro, Santiago, Álvaro M. Pons, Pons Moreno, Álvaro Máximo, María Amparo Díez-Ajenjo, Cristian Talens-Estarelles, Talens Estarelles, Cristian, Peris Martínez, Cristina, Pons, Álvaro M., Santiago García-Lázaro   +11 more
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Preoperative visual acuity among cataract surgery patients and countries' state of development: a global study. [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To describe the preoperative surgical case mix among patients undergoing cataract extraction and explore associations between case mix, country level of development (as measured by the Human Development Index, HDI) and cataract surgery rates ...
Razavi, H, Turner, EL, Claire Gilbert, Robert J Lindfield, Robert Lindfield, Lindfield, Robert J, Shaheen Shah, Elizabeth Turner, Gilbert, Clare E, Int Eye Res, N, International Eye Research Network, Shah, SP, Claire E Gilbert, Razavi, Hessom, Shaheen P Shah, Hessom Razavi, Elizabeth L Turner, Gilbert, CE, Shah, Shaheen P, Turner, Elizabeth L, Lindfield, RJ, on behalf of the International Eye Research Network, Gilbert, Claire E   +22 more
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