G Brian, H Taylor - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001 - SciELO Public Health Cataract prevalence increases with age. As the worlds population ages,
cataract-induced visual dysfunction and blindness is on the increase. This is a
significant global problem. The challenges are to prevent or delay cataract ... Cited by 120 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►bmj.com [PDF] DC Minassian, P Rosen, JKG Dart, A Reidy, P … - British Medical Journal, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com Page 1. doi:10.1136/bjo.85.7.822 2001;85;822-829 Br. J. Ophthalmol. DC
Minassian, P Rosen, JKG Dart, A Reidy, P Desai and M Sidhu ... Cited by 96 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►nih.gov - Free from Publisher RH Harwood, AJE Foss, F Osborn, RM … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2005 - bjo.bmj.com Results: Visual function improved in the operated group (corrected binocular
acuity improved by 0.25 logMAR units; 8% had acuity worse than 6/12 compared
with 37% of controls). Over 12 months of follow up, 76 (49%) operated ... Cited by 87 - Related articles - All 9 versions
- ►nih.gov I Kocur, S Resnikoff - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2002 - bjo.bmj.com The European region currently differs in many aspects, such as political,
socioeconomic, and geographical. After substantial political changes at the
beginning of the 1990s, the majority of central and eastern European ... Cited by 75 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►bmj.com [PDF] A FOSTER - British Medical Journal, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com Key to this initiative is the provision of suYcient, success- ful, and
sustainable cataract services for all communities. The questions that therefore
arise include: what is a suY- cient; what is a successful; and what is a ... Cited by 63 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►iovs.org CJ Hammond, DD Duncan, H Snieder, M de … - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2001 - ARVO METHODS. Five hundred six pairs of unselected female twin volunteers (226
monozygotic and 280 dizygotic) with a mean age of 62 years (range, 49–79
years) were examined. Cortical cataract was assessed using the ... Cited by 51 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
RH Harwood - Age and Ageing, 2001 - Br Geriatrics Soc Visual functions are complex, but are remarkably well worked out in terms of
their psychophysics and neuro- physiology [1, 2]. The main functions from the
point of view of assessing risk of falls are visual acuity, contrast ... Cited by 38 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►sav.sk [PDF] Z Kyselova, M Stefek, V Bauer - Journal of diabetes and its complications, 2004 - Elsevier Cataract — opacification of the lens — is closely related to diabetes as one
of its major late complications. This review deals with three molecular
mechanisms that may be involved in the development of diabetic cataract: ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - All 14 versions
BJW Evans, G Rowlands - Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 2004 - laico.org Abstract This review seeks to determine the prevalence of correctable visual
impairment (VI) in older people in the UK, to discover what proportion of these
cases are undetected, to suggest reasons for the poor detection and to make ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - View as HTML - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] - Free from Publisher MC Westcott, SJ Tuft, DC Minassian - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2000 - bjo.bmj.com METHODS A case series of 880 patients aged 60 years and older undergoing
cataract extraction between 1996 and 1999 was studied. The best corrected visual
acuity was assessed at discharge from the service and the proportion of ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
