The role of optometrists in India: An integral part of an eye health team
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012 India has a proud tradition of blindness prevention, being the first country in the world to implement a blindness control programme which focused on a model to address blinding eye disease.
Neilsen De Souza +10 more
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A Patient Centered Intervention to Promote Primary Care Based Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy [PDF]
, 2018 Diabetic Retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in patient\u27s age 25-74 in the world. Onset of disease is insidious and early intervention is the only way to reduce morbidity.
Earle, William B
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Population need for primary eye care in Rwanda: A national survey. [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Universal access to Primary Eye Care (PEC) is a key global initiative to reduce and prevent avoidable causes of visual impairment (VI). PEC can address minor eye conditions, simple forms of uncorrected refractive error (URE) and create a ...
Bright, Tess +5 more
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BCS1L‐Associated Disease: 5′‐UTR Variant Shifts the Phenotype Towards Axonal Neuropathy
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives To investigate the consequences of a pathogenic missense variant (c.838C>T; p.L280F) and a 5′‐UTR regulatory variant (c.‐122G>T) in BCS1L on disease pathogenesis and to understand how regulatory variants influence disease severity and clinical presentation.
Rotem Orbach +11 more
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Rapid assessment methods in eye care: An overview
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012 Reliable information is required for the planning and management of eye care services. While classical research methods provide reliable estimates, they are prohibitively expensive and resource intensive.
Srinivas Marmamula +2 more
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Use of the Internet by Health Professionals and Consumer Support Groups: a case analysis [PDF]
, 2015 This paper outlines case study research with Eye Believe a support group for patients who have had an eye removed usually (but not exclusively) due to ocular melanoma (cancer of the eye). It is a participative action research (PAR) project. The aim is
Henderson, Alison +2 more
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Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Astrocytopathy Based on a Two‐Center Chinese Cohort Study
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Glial fibrillary acidic protein astrocytopathy (GFAP‐A) is a recently defined nosological form belonging to the class of autoimmune inflammatory disorders affecting the central nervous system (CNS). Here, we report the clinical and MRI characteristics, treatment, and prognosis of a GFAP‐A cohort from two centers in China.
Ti Wu +13 more
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Priming of Pop-Out Does not Affect the Shooting Line Illusion [PDF]
, 1996 We combined a shooting-line illusion with a visual search pop-out task in an effort to determine whether priming of pop-out was due to acceleratcd processing of visual information in the primed dimension.
Gancarz, Gregory, Wolfe, Jeremy
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Timing and Predictive Value of Clinical Conditions Preceding Multiple Sclerosis in the UK Biobank
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients often experience a higher incidence of clinical conditions before diagnosis, suggesting a prodromal phase. However, their predictive value and temporal trajectories remain underexplored. We investigated these aspects using the large UK Biobank's population‐based cohort, which provided clinical ...
Andrea Nova +5 more
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Community-based vision health screening with on-site definitive exams: Design and outcomes
Cogent Medicine, 2018 In the U.S., the prevalence of blindness is expected to double by 2050 and as many half of those with blinding eye disease are unaware of their diagnosis. Screening for vision health in the community setting may offer a key strategy to address the rising
Mitch Brinks +5 more
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