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Exome sequencing of 18 Chinese families with congenital cataracts: a new sight of the NHS gene. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the mutation spectrum and frequency of 34 known genes in 18 Chinese families with congenital cataracts.
Wenmin Sun, Xueshan Xiao, Shiqiang Li, Xiangming Guo, Qingjiong Zhang   +4 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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Congenital cataract: An ocular manifestation of classical homocystinuria

Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2021
Background Homocystinuria is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder occurring due to the defects in cystathionine‐β‐synthase enzyme. The study was carried out to investigate a Pakistani family presenting bilateral congenital cataract with symptoms of ...
Neelam Saba, Saba Irshad
doaj   +1 more source

Iridocorneal angle evaluation using hand-held anterior segment optical coherence tomography in cases of congenital cataract

Delta Journal of Ophthalmology
Aim The aim of this study was to describe the anterior chamber angle in congenital cataract cases by using a hand-held anterior segment optical coherence tomography (HH-ASOCT) and to compare it to normal age-matched controls.
Pola S. Soliman, Magda S. Abdelaziz, Dina El-Fayoumi, Ghada Gawdat, Hala Elhilali, Sara Maher   +5 more
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A novel splice donor site mutation in EPHA2 caused congenital cataract in a Chinese family

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016
Background: Congenital cataract is a rare disorder characterized by crystallin denaturation, which becomes a major cause of childhood blindness. Although more than fifty pathogenic genes for congenital cataract have been reported, the genetic causes of ...
Juan Bu, Sijie He, Lejin Wang, Jiankang Li, Jing Liu, Xiuqing Zhang   +5 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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gene in an Original Braunvieh calf with congenital cataract [PDF]

, 2022
Inherited forms of cataract are a heterogeneous group of eye disorders known in livestock species. Clinicopathological analysis of a single case of impaired vision in a newborn Original Braunvieh calf revealed nuclear cataract. Whole-genome sequencing of
Udo Hetzel, Sonja Wolf‐Hofstetter, Cord Drögemüller, Franz R. Seefried, Seefried, Franz R., Christina Casola, Häfliger, Irene M., Wolf-Hofstetter, Sonja, Casola, Christina, Hetzel, Udo, Drögemüller, Cord, Irene M. Häfliger, Wolf‐Hofstetter, Sonja   +12 more
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Analysis of Factors Associated with the Ocular Features of Congenital Cataract Children in the Shanghai Pediatric Cataract Study

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017
Purpose. To investigate the ocular features of children with congenital cataract in a tertiary referral eye center in East China. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data of congenital cataract children who underwent cataract surgery ...
Wenwen He, Ting Sun, Jin Yang, Guoyou Qin, Zhenyu Wu, Xiangjia Zhu, Yi Lu   +6 more
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Chiral Nanoparticles Suppress Inflammatory Infiltration to Promote Extracellular Matrix Remodeling for Ectopia Lentis Therapy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
L‐cysteine‐configured chiral polyurethane nanoparticles suppress ocular inflammation and reduce extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation in ectopia lentis by regulating macrophages polarization and inhibiting nuclear factor kappa B signaling pathway. By promoting zonular fiber‐associated protein restoration and tissue repair, this minimally invasive ...
Yinuo Wen, Yan Yang, Haihan Gao, Yan Liu, Xinyue Wang, Linghao Song, Ruohong Li, Ao Miao, Jie Xu, Zhennan Zhao, Dan Li, Shenjie Peng, Linzhao Li, Min Zhang, Yonghang Liu, Liren Wang, Tianhui Chen, Yongxiang Jiang   +17 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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