World Sight Day: Singapore's contribution to alleviating corneal blindness.
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ExtractDefective corneas are the leading cause of blindness world wide and the second leading cause, after diabetic retinopathy,of blindness in the united state , afflicting 30000 americans each year. happily, nearly 95 percent of those who have corneal transplantations( in 1985 they numbered,26300) regain their sight. The cornea is a transparent, a vascular, dim-sized tissue continious with th...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
دوره 41 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012