نتایج جستجو برای: childhood blindness

تعداد نتایج: 176247  

Journal: :Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2010
Pankaj Kumar Agarwal Richard Bowman Paul Courtright

PURPOSE The World Health Organization and the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness recommends that there be 1 Child Eye Health Tertiary Facility (CEHTF) per 10 million people in developing countries. We sought to assess the current situation in Africa with regard to manpower, facilities, training, and output and to identify gaps in supportive services in CEHTFs. METHODS A survey w...

Journal: :Psychological science 2006
Yuri Ostrovsky Aaron Andalman Pawan Sinha

Animal studies suggest that early visual deprivation can cause permanent functional blindness. However, few human data on this issue exist. Given enough time for recovery, can a person gain visual skills after several years of congenital blindness? In India, we recently had an unusual opportunity to work with an individual whose case history sheds light on this question. S.R.D. was born blind, ...

Journal: :Survey of ophthalmology 2008
Marilyn Baird Mets Manpreet Singh Chhabra

Intrauterine infections are important causes of childhood blindness in both developed and developing countries. Chorioretinal scars are the most characteristic eye manifestation of a congenital or prenatal infection. The various ocular manifestations of congenital infections, summarized by the mnemonic TORCH, and recent additions to the "other" category (lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus and W...

2014
Saichin Isipradit Maytinee Sirimaharaj Puwat Charukamnoetkanok Oraorn Thonginnetra Warapat Wongsawad Busaba Sathornsumetee Sudawadee Somboonthanakij Piriya Soomsawasdi Umapond Jitawatanarat Wongsiri Taweebanjongsin Eakkachai Arayangkoon Punyawee Arame Chinsuchee Kobkoonthon Pannet Pangputhipong

BACKGROUND The majority of vision loss is preventable or treatable. Population surveys are crucial for planning, implementation, and monitoring policies and interventions to eliminate avoidable blindness and visual impairments. This is the first rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) study in Thailand. METHODS A cross-sectional study of a population in Thailand age 50 years old or ove...

نمودار تعداد نتایج جستجو در هر سال

با کلیک روی نمودار نتایج را به سال انتشار فیلتر کنید