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2020 CATARACTS Semantic Segmentation Challenge

open access: yes, 2021
Surgical scene segmentation is essential for anatomy and instrument localization which can be further used to assess tissue-instrument interactions during a surgical procedure.
Huber, M.   +39 more
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EPHA2 Polymorphisms and Age-Related Cataract in India [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
Maraini, G   +12 more
core   +5 more sources

Cataract [PDF]

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.
Lam, Dennis   +9 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Cataract and surgery for cataract [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2006
Cataract surgery is the commonest single surgical procedure carried out in the developed world. In the developing world, cataract remains the commonest cause of blindness. In 1990 an estimated 37 million people were blind worldwide—40% of them because of cataract.1 Every year, an extra 1-2 million people go blind.
David, Allen, Abhay, Vasavada
openaire   +2 more sources

Intraocular deposits and cataracts after long-term rifabutin intake: A case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
RATIONALE: Rifabutin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic known to cause deposits on the corneal endothelium and lens. We report a patient in whom cataracts developed and progressive pigment deposits were seen on the corneal endothelium, lens, and iridocorneal
Uematsu, Masafumi   +6 more
core   +1 more source

An epidemiological assessment of lens opacifications that impaired vision in patients injected with radium-224 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
The incidence of lens opacifications that impaired vision (cataract) was analyzed among 831 patients who were injected with known dosages of 224Ra in Germany shortly after World War II.
Kellerer, Albrecht M.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Connexin Mutants Cause Cataracts Through Deposition of Apatite

open access: yesFrontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022
Cataracts are lens opacities that are among the most common causes of blindness. It is commonly believed that cataracts develop through the accumulation of damage to lens proteins.
Peter J. Minogue   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gamma-D crystallin gene (CRYGD) mutation causes autosomal dominant congenital cerulean cataracts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Congenital cataracts are a major cause of bilateral visual impairment in childhood. We mapped the gene responsible for autosomal congenital cerulean cataracts to chromosome 2q33-35 in a four generation family of Moroccan descent. The maximum lod score (7.
Basak, A   +22 more
core   +1 more source

Prevalence of pseudoexfoliation in diabetic patients with senile cataract: A hospital-based study in Kashmir, India

open access: yesIndian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023
Purpose: To study the prevalence of pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX) in diabetics with senile cataracts and compare it to the prevalence in nondiabetic control group.
Sidra Javaid Thakur   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Visual outcomes of bilateral congenital and developmental cataracts in young children in south India and causes of poor outcome. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
CONTEXT: Bilateral pediatric cataracts are important cause of visual impairment in children. AIM: To study the outcome of bilateral pediatric cataract surgery in young children.
Krishnaiah, Sannapaneni   +9 more
core   +1 more source

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