Identifying missing pieces in color vision defects: a genome-wide association study in Silk Road populations [PDF]
Introduction: Color vision defects (CVDs) are conditions characterized by the alteration of normal trichromatic vision. CVDs can arise as the result of alterations in three genes (OPN1LW, OPN1MW, OPN1SW) or as a combination of genetic predisposition and ...
Giuseppe Giovanni Nardone +9 more
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A Novel Smartphone-Based Color Test for Detection of Color Vision Defects in Age Related Macular Degeneration [PDF]
Purpose. To evaluate the efficacy of the smartphone-based K-color test to detect color defects in patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD). Methods.
Vassilios Karampatakis +4 more
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Molecular Genetics of Color Vision and Color Vision Defects [PDF]
Color is an extremely important component of the information that we gather with our eyes. Most of us use color so automatically that we fail to appreciate how important it is in our daily activities. It serves as a nonlinguistic code that gives us instant information about the world around us.
Maureen Neitz, Jay Neitz
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Color Vision Defects in School Going Children
Introduction: Color Vision defect can be observed in various diseases of optic nerve and retina and also a significant number of people suffer from the inherited condition of red and green color defect.
R K Shrestha +3 more
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Cone Opsins and Inherited Retinal Disease [PDF]
Opsins are the light receptors in retinal rod and cone photoreceptor cells that initiate vision in response to a light stimulus. Rhodopsin is the opsin in rods, and the influence of mutations that disrupt its structure and function has been characterized
Maya Tang, Paul S.-H. Park
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Prevalence and genotypic frequency of color vision defects among primary schoolchildren in Adama Town, Eastern Ethiopia [PDF]
Color vision deficiency is a common X-linked genetic disorder affecting the day-to-day lives of individuals, in which school-aged children’s academic performance can be negatively affected.
Temesgen Bedassa Gudeta, Tiruneh Asrat
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Prevalence of Red-Green Color Vision Defects among Muslim Males and Females of Manipur, India [PDF]
Background: Color blindness is a common X-linked genetic disorder. However, most of color blinds remain undetected due to absence of proper screening. Our study was to determine the prevalence of red-green color vision defects among Manipuri Muslim males
Ahsana Shah +3 more
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Color Vision in Schoolchildren with Low Birth Weight and Those Born Full-Term with Appropriate Weight for Gestational Age [PDF]
Purpose: To evaluate color discrimination in schoolchildren with low birth weight (LBW) and those born full-term and at a weight appropriate for gestational age (AGA).
Paula Yuri Sacai +3 more
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Agreement Between the Smartphone Application Farnsworth D-15 Test and the Standard Farnsworth D-15 Test for Color Vision Assessment [PDF]
Kanyarat Thammakumpee,1 Katkanit Thammakumpee,2 Koranat Thammakumpee,3 Soyci Tiantanyatip4 1Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Burapha University, Chonburi, Thailand; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Burapha ...
Thammakumpee K +3 more
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Background and objectives: Color vision deficiency or color blindness is a difficulty in recognizing certain colors. The color vision deficient persons remain unmindful about their condition and only become aware accidentally when tested for color ...
Azad Jameel Hussein +1 more
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