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 +6 more
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Case report: Sympathetic ophthalmia after vitrectomies in a patient with Von Hippel–Lindau syndrome
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 BackgroundSympathetic ophthalmia (SO) is a rare but sight-threatening uveitis, and most observations have been made after typical manifestations occur.
Xiaonan Zhuang +14 more
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Early diffusion evidence of retrograde transsynaptic degeneration in the human visual system [PDF]
, 2016 We investigated whether diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) indices of white matter integrity would offer early markers of retrograde transsynaptic degeneration (RTD) in the visual system after stroke Objective: We investigated whether diffusion tensor ...
Corbetta, Maurizio +4 more
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Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2022 Age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa and other retinal disorders are the main causes of visual impairment worldwide.
Yang Yu, Licheng Li, Shu Lin, Jianmin Hu
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Be concrete to be comprehended:consistent imageability effects in semantic dementia for nouns, verbs, synonyms and associates [PDF]
, 2013 There are two contrasting views on the nature of comprehension impairment in semantic dementia: (a) that it stems from degradation of a pan-modal " hub" that represents core conceptual knowledge or (b) that it results from degradation of modality ...
Hoffman, Paul +2 more
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Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2022 Background Stem cell transplantation may improve visual acuity in patients with dry age-related macular degeneration. Herein, we aimed to summarise the evidence on the risks and benefits of stem cell transplantation for improving visual acuity, including
Licheng Li, Yang Yu, Shu Lin, Jianmin Hu
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Developing physical activity interventions for children with a visual impairment:lessons from the First Steps initiative [PDF]
, 2019 Children with a visual impairment are less active than their sighted peers. Yet they are born with the potential to match their sighted peers’ motor skill competency and levels of physical fitness.
Lord, Rhiannon, Scally, Jennifer
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Psychosocial impact of visual impairment in working age adults [PDF]
, 2009 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, MA, Nyman, SR, Victor, CR
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Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension and association with ethnicity in Nigeria: results from a national survey. [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVE: Non-communicable diseases are now a global priority. We report on the prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors, including ethnicity, in a nationally representative sample of Nigerian adults recruited to a survey of visual impairment ...
Entekume, Gabriel +7 more
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En face optical coherence tomography detection of Schlemm’s canal in primary open angle glaucoma
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Purpose: To compare the morphological characteristics of Schlemm’s canal (SC) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and healthy controls, using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) with en face reconstruction.Methods: In this ...
Haili Huang +8 more
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