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Cataract Blindness

Cataract Blindness is a clinical condition characterized by visual impairment sufficient to meet the criteria for blindness, as defined by the World Health Organization, resulting specifically from opacification of the ocular lens that prevents normal transmission of light to the retina.

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Cataract blindness--challenges for the 21st century.

Garry Brian, Hugh R. Taylor · PubMed · 2001 · 452 citations

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Number of People Blind or Visually Impaired by Cataract Worldwide and in World Regions, 1990 to 2010

Moncef Khairallah, Rim Kahloun, Rupert Bourne et al. · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2015 · 409 citations · Full text

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Causes of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Nigeria: The Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey

Mohammed M. Abdull, Selvaraj Sivasubramaniam, G. V. S. Murthy et al. · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science · 2009 · 258 citations · Full text

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Autosomal Dominant Cerulean Cataract Is Associated with a Chain Termination Mutation in the Human  -Crystallin Gene CRYBB2

M. Litt, Rooque D Carrero-Valenzuela, Dante LaMorticella et al. · Human Molecular Genetics · 1997 · 241 citations

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Current estimates of blindness in India

G. V. S. Murthy · British Journal of Ophthalmology · 2005 · 237 citations · Full text

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  1. HL
    Hans Limburg

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. AF
    Allen Foster

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 774 citations

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  3. CG
    Clare Gilbert

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 846 citations

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  4. SP
    Sarah Polack

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 672 citations

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  5. SL
    Susan Lewallen

    Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania

    12 publications · 590 citations

    11

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Institutions

420

  1. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    30 h-index

    105 publications

    5.8K citations

  2. L V Prasad Eye Institute

    Hyderabad, India

    12 h-index

    39 publications

    2.3K citations

  3. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Aravind Eye Hospital

    Madurai, India

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    596 citations

  5. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    602 citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    525 citations

  7. Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre

    Moshi, Tanzania

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    241 citations

  8. Sun Yat-sen University

    Guangzhou, China

    7 h-index

    25 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. British Journal of Ophthalmology

    BJO · 44 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 55 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Ophthalmic Epidemiology

    36 publications · 1.3K citations

    24

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  4. PLoS ONE

    12 publications · 611 citations

    12

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  5. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

    IJO · 8 publications · 443 citations

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