[PDF] Top 20 Blindness and visual impairment in retinitis pigmentosa: a Cameroonian hospital-based study

... this study include the inadequate technical expertise in our unit which prevented some relevant tests being performed, in particular ERGs, which are of paramount importance in patients with retinitis ...and ... See full document

... 1). Blindness and visual impairment at first clinical presentation were higher in males compared with female patients, P = ...with blindness with increasing age group (Figure ...patients ... See full document

... the study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of visual impairment and ...Institutional based chart review was conducted from July to October, ...of visual ... See full document

... this study is to assess the prevalence and causes of BL/SVI in children in Huidong County, South China, using key informant method ...childhood blindness prevalence using the ordinary population ... See full document

... exhibited substantial visual field loss and rod function impair- ment (26–29). The discernible difference in the pattern of retinal dysfunction of RP patients who carry Arg135 rhodopsin muta- tions is correlated ... See full document

... Case presentation: A 45-year-old female patient received docetaxel treatment after resection of a breast carcinoma. Funduscopy and optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed cystoid macular edema on both eyes. Dilated ... See full document

... this study is that the ‘gold standard’ Humphrey field analyzer was not used as, unlike the port- able FDT perimeter, it would not have been feasible to transport it to all examination centers especially in the ... See full document

... of visual acuity, abnormal to loss of colour vision and loss of central visual field with central ...central visual fields, and recovery from bleach is monophasic with a normal rod ... See full document

... Blindness and Visual Impairment Amongst Rural clays in Kuala Selangor, Selangor Blindness and Visual Im Rural clays in Kuala Se irment Amongst langorlSelangor M Zainal, MS, L Masran, MS, A R Ropilah,[.] ... See full document

... Sample sizes in the included studies varied greatly, ranging from small samples in regional cross-sectional studies to analyses of large datasets derived from national registries. The methods used for case definition ... See full document

... best-corrected visual acuity (VA) measured with a reduced logMAR tumbling E- chart, automated refraction and keratometry (Takagi ARKM-100, Takagi Seiko, Japan), frequency doubling technology (FDT) visual ... See full document

... The Visual fields, autorefractokeratometers readings, and A-scan biometry readings were recorded, printed and attached to the record ...be based on the images while in case of fair/borderline images, two ... See full document

... Case 2 was a 56-year-old woman with best-corrected visual acuity of 1.2 in both eyes. A color fundus photograph of the right eye showed fundus characteristics typical of retinitis pigmentosa, as also ... See full document

... Data about childhood blindness in the general population is difficult to obtain, as population based surveys are time consuming, cumbersome and expensive. Surveying blind schools is more pragmatic, as a ... See full document

... The identification o f disease-associated genes can be achieved using ‘forward” or ‘i^everse” genetic techniques. Forward genetics requires that a protein product such as a defective enzyme associated with the disease be ... See full document

... this study, we enrolled 212 patients with RP who visited the Department of Ophthalmology at Kyoto University Hospital between July 2007 and June ...best-corrected visual acuity (VA) measurement, ... See full document

... Almost one-third of subjects aged $60 years have some form of AMD among the population of Bhaktapur in Nepal. Significant associations with the number of cigarettes con- sumed and pseudophakia are similar to other ... See full document

... Retinitis pigmentosa was diagnosed on the findings of peripheral visual field restrictions and scotomas, abnormali- ties in the electroretinogram, intraretinal bone spicule-like pigmentation, and ... See full document

... Fig. 3 Forest plot of the random effects via BULP (Best Unbiased Linear Predictions) derived from the fitted model of the progression rate. BULP are the best prediction of the group mean (Family or subject), given the ... See full document

... A (hag- nosis of early retinitis pigmentosa was made, l)IIt tllere was no peripheral visual field defect.. One year later, her visual status was unchanged, but.[r] ... See full document