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Anti-VEGF drugs in the prevention of blindness [PDF]

Community Eye Health Journal, 2014
Disorders of the blood vessels in the retina are responsible for some of the most common causes of blindness in the world.
David Yorston
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Prevention of diabetic eye disease: the commonest cause of blindness in individuals younger than 65 years

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2010
Patrizio Tatti1, Patrizia Di Mauro1, Leonardo Masselli1, Adriano Longobardi2, Annabel Barber31Diabetes and Endocrinology Department, 2UOS Eye Surgery, Ospedale S Giuseppe, ASL RMH, Rome, Italy; 3University of Nevada School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV ...
Patrizio Tatti, Patrizia Di Mauro, Leonardo Masselli, et al   +3 more
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Causes of blindness in rural Myanmar (Burma): Mount Popa Taung-Kalat Blindness Prevention Project

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2009
Arie Y Nemet1, Pinhas Nemet2, Geoff Cohn3, Gina Sutton, Gerald Sutton4, Richard Rawson41Department of Ophthalmology, Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, Australia; 2Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel; 3Departments of ...
Arie Y Nemet, Pinhas Nemet, Geoff Cohn et al.   +2 more
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Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: There are no recent data on the prevalence and causes of blindness in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The aim of our study was to estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in the population aged 50 years and ...
Khalilia, Nasrallah, Sargent Nicholas, Batta Habes, Kuper Hannah, Seyam Na'el, Abdeen, Ziad, Far Chiang, Tiarnan Keenan, Hannah Kuper, Magauran, Denise, Nicholas Sargent, Habes Batta, Batta, Habes, Chiang Far, Keenan, Tiarnan, Robert Lindfield, Seyam, Na'el, Khalilia Nasrallah, Ziad Abdeen, Keenan Tiarnan, Chiang, Far, Na'el Seyam, Sargent, Nicholas, Nasrallah Khalilia, Kuper, Hannah, Lindfield Robert, Denise Magauran, Magauran Denise, Lindfield, Robert, Abdeen Ziad   +29 more
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Ecological determinants of blindness in Nigeria: the Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey. [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and causes of visual loss in different ecological zones across Nigeria. METHODS: A population-based survey using multi-stage, stratified, cluster random sampling with probability proportional to size comprising a ...
Abubakar, Tafida, Rabiu, MM, Kyari, Fatima, Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Study Group, Gudlavalleti, Murthy VS, Gilbert, CE, Sivasubramaniam, Selvaraj, Gudlavalleti, Murthy V S, Gilbert, C E, Rabiu, M M   +9 more
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Changing patterns in global blindness: 1988-2008. [PDF]

, 2008
When the Community Eye Health Journal was launched in 1988, the world population was approximately 5.1 billion. Over the last 20 years, it has increased by approximately 30%, reaching 6.7 billion in 2008.
Gilbert, Clare, Johnson, Gordon, Foster, Allen, Gordon Johnson, Allen Foster, Clare Gilbert   +5 more
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Geographical variation in certification rates of blindness and sight impairment in England, 2008-2009 [PDF]

, 2012
To examine and interpret the variation in the incidence of blindness and sight impairment in England by PCT, as reported by the Certificate of Vision Impairment (CVI). Design: Analysis of national certification data. Setting: All Primary Care
Bunce, Catey, Stratton, Irene, Malik, Aeesha N. J., Wormald, Richard, Suleman, Mehrunisha, Malik, Aeesha N J, Gray, J. A. Muir (John Armstrong Muir), Gray, J A Muir   +7 more
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PREVENTABLE BLINDNESS. [PDF]

The Lancet, 1909
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The impact of Merowe Dam on Simulium hamedense vector of onchocerciasis in Abu Hamed focus - Northern Sudan

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Abu Hamed, the northernmost onchocerciasis focus in the world, is located along the River Nile banks in the Nubian Desert. Hydroelectric dams can alter activity of black flies and may provide breeding sites for black fly.
Isam MA Zarroug, Arwa H Elaagip, Sara A Abuelmaali, Hanan A Mohamed, Wigdan A ElMubarak, Kamal Hashim, Tong Chor M Deran, Nabil Aziz, Tarig B Higazi   +8 more
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A multidisciplinary approach to inherited retinal dystrophies from diagnosis to initial care: a narrative review with inputs from clinical practice

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2023
Background Non-syndromic inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs) such as retinitis pigmentosa or Leber congenital amaurosis generally manifest between early childhood and late adolescence, imposing profound long-term impacts as a result of vision impairment
Vittoria Murro, Sandro Banfi, Francesco Testa, Giancarlo Iarossi, Benedetto Falsini, Andrea Sodi, Sabrina Signorini, Achille Iolascon, Roberta Russo, Dario Pasquale Mucciolo, Roberto Caputo, Giacomo Maria Bacci, Sara Bargiacchi, Simona Turco, Stefania Fortini, Francesca Simonelli   +15 more
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