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The Impact of Vision Problems on Households' Incomes: Evidence From the 2019 and 2022 Rounds of the Turkey Health Survey

open access: yesJournal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vision problems reduce individuals' quality of life, and they also reduce their productivity as workers and consequently decrease their incomes. Most vision problems can be corrected with properly fitted eyeglasses, but many people with vision problems do not have such eyeglasses.
Paul Glewwe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Influencing Optical Coherence Tomography Peripapillary Choroidal Thickness: A Multicenter Study. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Purpose:To quantify peripapillary choroidal thickness (PCT) and the factors that influence it in healthy participants who represent the racial and ethnic composition of the U.S. population.
Burgoyne, Claude F   +14 more
core  

A review of the role of ultrasound biomicroscopy in glaucoma associated with rare diseases of the anterior segment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Ultrasound biomicroscopy is a non-invasive imaging technique, which allows high-resolution evaluation of the anatomical features of the anterior segment of the eye regardless of optical media transparency.
Abdolrahimzadeh, B   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Comparative Study of Accommodative Function and Binocular Vision in Patients With Primary Angle‐Closure Disease

open access: yesThe Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The age‐related decline in accommodative function after the age of 50 years corresponds with an increasing incidence of primary angle‐closure disease (PACD); however, the interaction between this decline and PACD remains unexamined. Additionally, refractive error‐accommodation associations in elderly individuals, which are critical for PACD ...
Feng‐Rui Yang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Age-Specific Prevalence of Visual Impairment and Refractive Error in Children Aged 3-10 Years in Shanghai, China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Purpose: We assessed changes in age-specific prevalence of refractive error at the time of starting school, by comparing preschool and school age cohorts in Shanghai, China.Methods: A cross-sectional study was done in Jiading District, Shanghai during ...
Congdon, Nathan   +18 more
core   +1 more source

Yield of Whole Genome Sequencing for Pathogenic Single Nucleotide Variants in Congenital Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesPrenatal Diagnosis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to assess the diagnostic yield of pathogenic or likely pathogenic (P/LP) single nucleotide variants (SNVs) using whole genome sequencing (WGS) in congenital heart disease (CHD). Methods A systematic search of three databases (2000–2024) was conducted, and two reviewers independently ...
Hiba J. Mustafa   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visual Potential And Its Use In Geriatric Mental Hospital Patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 1963
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/111140/1/j.1532-5415.1963.tb00546.x ...
Stoll, Marion Rush
core   +1 more source

A clinical review on megalencephaly: A large brain as a possible sign of cerebral impairment. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Megalencephaly and macrocephaly present with a head circumference measurement 2 standard deviations above the age-related mean. However, even if pathologic events resulting in both megalencephaly and macrocephaly may coexist, a distinction between these ...
Corsello G   +6 more
core   +1 more source

The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification of the genetic defect in the original Wagner syndrome family [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
PURPOSE: The aim of the present study was to determine the genetic defect in Wagner syndrome, a rare disorder belonging to the group of hereditary vitreoretinal degenerations. This disease has been genetically mapped to chromosome 5q14.3.
Abdou, M T   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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