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Elimination of avoidable blindness due to cataract: where do we prioritize and how should we monitor this decade? [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: In the final push toward the elimination of avoidable blindness, cataract occupies a position of eminence for the success of the Right to Sight initiative. AIMS: Review existing situation and assess what monitoring indicators may be useful to
Murthy, Gudlavalleti VS +7 more
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, 2023 The present review summarizes data collected by the Swedish National Cataract Register (NCR), which by the end of 2021 contained data for more than 2.4 million cataract surgeries between 1992 and 2021.
Bro, Tomas, +36 more
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Cataract Surgical Rate and Socioeconomics: A Global Study.
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 2017 Purpose Cataract is the leading cause of blindness and cataract surgical rate (CSR) is used as a proxy indicator of access to cataract services in a country.
Wei Wang +8 more
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Association of CHMP4B and autophagy with micronuclei : implications for cataract formation [PDF]
, 2014 Autophagy is a mechanism of cellular self-degradation that is very important for cellular homeostasis and differentiation. Components of the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) machinery are required for endosomal sorting and also ...
Nezis, Ioannis P. +2 more
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Further genetic heterogeneity for autosomal dominant human sutural cataracts [PDF]
, 2003 A unique sutural cataract was observed in a 4-generation German family to be transmitted as an isolated autosomal, dominant trait. Since mutations in the gamma-crystallin encoding CRYG genes have previously been demonstrated to be the most frequent ...
Graw, Jochen +7 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.High glucose triggers corneal endothelial dysfunction by impairing FOXO1‐mediated ITPR1 transcription, leading to disrupted mitochondria‐associated membrane (MAM) integrity and defective ER‐to‐mitochondria Ca2+ transfer. This study develops an innovative viscous DES‐AAV‐Foxo1 delivery system with enhanced transfection efficiency. This non‐invasive gene
Hongran Zhao +10 more
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American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2023 Purpose: To report our initial experience in patients with primary pterygium surgery who had a transparent intrastromal corneal lenticule as a free graft obtained during small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) surgery.
Said Nafiz Mutlu +3 more
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Journal of cataract and refractive surgery, 2017 Purpose To measure the waste generation and lifecycle environmental emissions from cataract surgery via phacoemulsification in a recognized resource-efficient setting.
C. Thiel +7 more
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Blood levels of vitamin C, carotenoids and retinol are inversely associated with cataract in a north Indian population [PDF]
, 2008 PURPOSE: To examine the association of blood antioxidants with cataract. METHODS: Cross-sectional study of people aged >or=50 years identified from a household enumeration of 11 randomly sampled villages in North India.
Price, Gill M. +14 more
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