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Corneal transplantation: Restoring sight to the blind

Acta Ophthalmologica
Abstract Corneal blindness is one of the leading causes of vision loss worldwide. Transplantation of the cornea can restore vision and make blind patients see again. Corneal transplant surgery has undergone major evolution in recent decades with the advent of minimally invasive lamellar surgical approaches such as DMEK and DALK ...
Claus Cursiefen
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Burden of corneal blindness in India. [PDF]

Indian J Community Med, 2013
Background: Corneal blindness is a major form of visual impairment in developing countries and has been recognized as an important public health problem. There is limited population based data on the magnitude and causes of corneal blindness and morbidity in our country.
Gupta N, Tandon R, Gupta SK, Sreenivas V, Vashist P.   +4 more
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Cultivated autologous oral mucosal epithelial transplantation

Вестник трансплантологии и искусственных органов, 2021
According to the World Health Organization, corneal blindness is the fourth most common cause of blindness and visual impairment worldwide. In Russia, up to 18% of blindness is caused by corneal damage.
S. A. Borzenok, B. E. Malyugin, M. Yu. Gerasimov, D. S. Ostrovsky   +3 more
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Effects of Aberrant Pax6 Gene Dosage on Mouse Corneal Pathophysiology and Corneal Epithelial Homeostasis [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Altered dosage of the transcription factor PAX6 causes multiple human eye pathophysiologies. PAX6(+/-) heterozygotes suffer from aniridia and aniridia-related keratopathy (ARK), a corneal deterioration that probably involves a limbal ...
Fullwood, Nigel J., Martin, Francis L., Collinson, J. Martin, Richard L Mort, Morley, Steven D., Morley Steven D., West John D., Bentley, Adam J., Adam J Bentley, Mort, Richard L, Collinson J. Martin, Panagiotis Douvaras, Collinson, J Martin, J Martin Collinson, Bentley Adam J., Mort Richard L., Martin, Francis L, Bentley, Adam J, Morley, Steven D, Martin Francis L., Douvaras, Panagiotis, Steven D Morley, Robert E Hill, Mort, Richard L., West, John D., Hill, Robert E, Fullwood, Nigel J, Nigel J Fullwood, Douvaras Panagiotis, Fullwood Nigel J., Francis L Martin, Hill Robert E., Hill, Robert E., West, John D, John D West   +34 more
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The role of the osmosensitive transcription factor NFAT5 in corneal edema resorption after injury

Experimental and Molecular Medicine, 2023
Vision: Potential therapeutic target for corneal blindness A protein called nuclear factor of activated T cells 5 (NFAT5) plays a significant role in maintaining fluid balance in the cornea, the anterior part of the eye.
Karina Hadrian, Gwen Musial, Alfrun Schönberg, Tihomir Georgiev, Christoph Küper, Felix Bock, Jonathan Jantsch, Claus Cursiefen, Sabine A. Eming, Deniz Hos   +9 more
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Corneal blindness-A review

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 1979
Aurora A
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Malnutrition and corneal blindness

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 1981
Dhanda R
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Corneal Disease & Transplantation [PDF]

, 2022
Corneal diseases represent the third leading cause of blindness worldwide, and corneal transplantation, which aims at restoring corneal clarity and vision, is the most frequently performed transplant worldwide [...
Coco, Giulia, Vito Romano, Romano V., Romano, Vito, Giulia Coco, Coco G.   +5 more
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Current microfluidic platforms for reverse engineering of cornea

Materials Today Bio, 2023
According to the World Health Organization, corneal blindness constitutes 5.1% of global blindness population. Surgical outcomes have been improved significantly in the treatment of corneal blindness. However, corneal transplantation is limited by global
Qinyu Li, Ho Lam Wong, Yan Lam Ip, Wang Yee Chu, Man Shek Li, Chinmoy Saha, Kendrick Co Shih, Yau Kei Chan   +7 more
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Potential for Hospital Based Corneal Retreival in Hassan District Hospital [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Context: In developing countries, corneal diseases are the second leading cause of blindness. This corneal blindness can be treated through corneal transplantation.
Kavitha Chikkanayakanahalli Venugopal, Suresh Ramappa Melsakkare, Sahana R. Manipur, Pavana Acharya, Lakshmi Bomalapura Ramamurthy   +4 more
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