- ►nih.gov P Sankar, MK Cho, CM Condit, LM Hunt, B … - Jama, 2004 - Am Med Assoc Alleviating health disparities in the United States is a goal with broad
support. Medical research undertaken to achieve this goal typically adopts the
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L Racette, MR Wilson, LM Zangwill, RN … - Survey of ophthalmology, 2003 - Elsevier Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. Primary open-angle
glaucoma (POAG) is the most prevalent form of glaucoma and has a particularly
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- ►nih.gov AB Kello, C Gilbert - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2003 - bjo.bmj.com Results: Among 360 pupils examined, 312 (96.7%) were aged <16 years. Of these
children, 295 (94.5%) were blind or severely visually impaired. The major
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L Dandona, R Dandona - BMC Med, 2006 - biomedcentral.com Address: Health Studies Area, Centre for Human Development, Administrative Staff
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- ►bmj.com CE Willoughby, S Arab, R Gandhi, S Zeinali, S … - British Medical Journal, 2003 - jmg.bmj.com Previous genetic studies of congenital cataracts identified connexin 50 (Cx50)
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M Melese, W Alemayehu, E Friedlander, P … - Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2004 - cehjournal.org Melese M, Alemayehu W, Friedlander E, Courtright P. BACKGROUND: The prevalence
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- ►nih.gov - Free from Publisher R Geneau, S Lewallen, A Bronsard, I Paul, P … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2005 - bjo.bmj.com Results: The perceived need for sight and for surgery appears partly socially
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J Ngondi, F Ole-Sempele, A Onsarigo, I … - PLoS Med, 2006 - medicine.plosjournals.org A cross-sectional survey of the population aged 5 y and above was conducted in
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