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Epidemiology of visual impairment: focus on Delta State, Nigeria [PDF]

, 2020
The eyes being the most delicate organs as well as the window of the body to the world make it dysfunction a public health problem. The aim of this study is to review the epidemiology of visual impairment in relation to anaemia, antioxidant vitamins and ...
Igumbor, Eunice O., Nwajei, Samuel D., Agege, Emmanuel A., Odoko, Joseph O., Nwose, Ezekiel U., Moyegbone, John E.   +5 more
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Prevalence and Pattern of Visual Impairment among Adult Population in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria [PDF]

, 2023
Aim: Visual impairment is a public health problem globally. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and pattern of visual impairment among adult population in Mangu Local Government Area (L.G.A), Plateau State ...
Omatsuli, Tuoyo, Agege, Emmanuel A., Odoko, Joseph O., Nwose, Ezekiel U., Moyegbone, John E., Akuirene, Omatseye A., Kio, Franklin E.   +6 more
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Calpastatin participates in the regulation of cell migration in BAP1-deficient uveal melanoma cells [PDF]

International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019
AIM: To detect how BRCA-associated protein 1 (BAP1) regulates cell migration in uveal melanoma (UM) cells. METHODS: Wound healing and transwell assays were performed to detect UM cell migration abilities.
Han Yue, Feng-Xi Meng, Jiang Qian, Bin-Bin Xu, Gang Li, Ji-Hong Wu   +5 more
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A Novel and Easy-to-Promote Prognostic Model for Patients With Uveal Melanoma

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
PurposeTo establish an easy and widely applicable prognostic prediction model for uveal melanoma (UM) based on a Chinese population.Patients and MethodsA total of 295 consecutive cases treated at the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University were ...
Han Yue, Han Yue, Binbin Xu, Binbin Xu, Jian Gao, Yingwen Bi, Kang Xue, Kang Xue, Jie Guo, Jie Guo, Rui Zhang, Rui Zhang, Hui Ren, Hui Ren, Yifei Yuan, Yifei Yuan, Jiang Qian, Jiang Qian   +17 more
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Retinal Microvascular Reactivity in Chronic Cigarette Smokers and Non-smokers: An Observational Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Purpose: To evaluate the changes in the retinal microvasculature and its reactivity in chronic cigarette smokers.Methods: Thirty-four male chronic cigarette smokers and 18 male non-smokers were enrolled.
Huan Xu, Huan Xu, Yuan Zong, Yuan Zong, Jian Yu, Jian Yu, Chunhui Jiang, Chunhui Jiang, Haohao Zhu, Xinghuai Sun, Xinghuai Sun   +10 more
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Visual impairment is associated with physical and mental comorbidities in older adults:a cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2014
BackgroundVisual impairment is common in older people and the presence of additional health conditions can compromise health and rehabilitation outcomes.
Mercer, S.W.; id_orcid, Lawrence, J, Court, H., Johnson, S, Joyce, J, Tapfumaneyi, A, Hinton, MF, Guthrie, Bruce, Mercer, Stewart W., Helen Court, Daniel J Smith, McLean, G., Court, Helen, Guthrie, B.; id_orcid, McLean, Gary, Gary McLean, Fisher, HL, Mann, F, Bruce Guthrie, Smith, D.J.; id_orcid, Stewart W Mercer, Major, B, Smith, Daniel J.   +22 more
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Psychosocial impact of visual impairment in working age adults [PDF]

, 2010
This is an open access article - Copyright @ 2010 BMJ Publishing GroupAim: To review the evidence for the presence of lower levels of psychosocial well-being in working-age adults with visual impairment and for interventions to improve such levels of ...
Gosney, M.A., Victor, CR, Nyman, SR, Victor, C.R., Gosney, M. A., Victor, C. R., Gosney, MA, Nyman, S.R., Nyman, S. R.   +8 more
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Predictive multi-imaging biomarkers relevant for visual acuity in idiopathic macular telangiectasis type 1

BMC Ophthalmology, 2018
Background To evaluate the structural changes associated with visual acuity (VA) in patients with idiopathic macular telangiectasia (MT) type 1 using multimodal imaging modalities.
Jingli Guo, WenYi Tang, Xiaofeng Ye, Haixiang Wu, Gezhi Xu, Wei Liu, Yongjin Zhang   +6 more
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Hospital admissions in older people with visual impairment in Britain. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: We aimed to assess the risk of hospital admission associated with visual impairment in a representative sample of older people living in the community in Britain. DESIGN: Prospective study of hospital admission in a population-based sample of
Astrid E Fletcher, Evans, Jennifer R, Evans Jennifer R, Smeeth, Liam, Fletcher, Astrid E, Smeeth Liam, Jennifer R Evans, Fletcher Astrid E, Liam Smeeth   +8 more
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Is the NEI-VFQ-25 a useful tool in identifying visual impairment in an elderly population? [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: The use of self-report questionnaires to substitute for visual acuity measurement has been limited. We examined the association between visual impairment and self reported visual function in a population sample of older people in the UK ...
Fletcher, AE, Evans, JR, Wormald, Richard PL, Rudnicka, AR, Fletcher, Astrid E, Smeeth Liam, Rudnicka, Alicja R, Alicja R Rudnicka, Wormald Richard PL, Jennifer R Evans, Fletcher Astrid E, Rudnicka Alicja R, Owen, Christopher G, Liam Smeeth, Richard PL Wormald, Astrid E Fletcher, Evans, Jennifer R, Evans Jennifer R, Smeeth, Liam, Owen, CG, Owen Christopher G, Smeeth, L, Christopher G Owen, Wormald, RP   +23 more
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