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Prevalence, causes, and risk factors for functional low vision in Nigeria: results from the national survey of blindness and visual impairment.

Entekume G, Patel J, Sivasubramaniam S, Gilbert CE, Ezelum CC, Murthy GV, Rabiu MM,

Vision Health Services, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria.

Published 25 August 2011 in Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 52(9): 6714-9.
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Articles on Glaucoma published 25 August 2011:

Reflectance decreases before thickness changes in the retinal nerve fiber layer in glaucomatous retinas.   Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 52(9): 6737-42.

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Articles on Glaucoma published 22 August 2011:

Intraocular pressure: modulation as treatment for glaucoma.   Am J Ophthalmol, 152(3): 340-344.e2.

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Home tonometry for management of pediatric glaucoma.   Am J Ophthalmol, 152(3): 470-478.e2.

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Intraocular pressure, central corneal thickness, and glaucoma in chinese adults: the liwan eye study.   Am J Ophthalmol, 152(3): 454-462.e1.

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Blindness and long-term progression of visual field defects in chinese patients with primary angle-closure glaucoma.   Am J Ophthalmol, 152(3): 463-9.

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Articles on Glaucoma published 17 August 2011:

Expression profile of the matricellular protein osteopontin in primary open-angle glaucoma and the normal human eye.   Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 52(9): 6443-51.

PURPOSE. To characterize the role of osteopontin (OPN) in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) and normal eyes. METHODS. OPN quantification was performed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in aqueous humor (AH) obtained from human donor eyes (POAG and normal) and surgical samples (POAG and elective cataract removal). OPN expression and localization in whole eye tissue sections and primary normal human trabecular meshwork (NTM) cells were studied by Western blot and immunohistochemistry. ... [Abstract] [Full-text]

Retinal oximetry in primary open-angle glaucoma.   Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 52(9): 6409-13.

PURPOSE. To determine whether retinal vessel oxygen saturation is affected in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients. METHODS. Retinal oxygen saturation in patients with POAG was measured in retinal vessels with a spectrophotometric retinal oximeter in darkness, and visual fields were obtained. Oxygen tension (Po(2)) was calculated from oxygen saturation values. Statistical analysis was performed using Pearson's correlation and Student's t-test. RESULTS. Mean oxygen saturation in venules ... [Abstract] [Full-text]

Articles on Glaucoma published 11 August 2011:

Non-steroidal drug-induced glaucoma.   Eye (Lond), 25(8): 971-80.

Numerous systemically used drugs are involved in drug-induced glaucoma. Most reported cases of non-steroidal drug-induced glaucoma are closed-angle glaucoma (CAG). Indeed, many routinely used drugs that have sympathomimetic or parasympatholytic properties can cause pupillary block CAG in individuals with narrow iridocorneal angle. The resulting acute glaucoma occurs much more commonly unilaterally and only rarely bilaterally. CAG secondary to sulfa drugs is a bilateral non-pupillary block type ... [Abstract] [Full-text]

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