Abstract Ainsbury, EA, Bouffler, SD, Dörr, W., Graw, J., Muirhead, CR, Edwards, AA and
Cooper, J. Radiation Cataractogenesis: A Review of Recent Studies. Radiat. Res. 172, 1-9 …

Purpose: Cataracts are often considered to be an unavoidable consequence of aging.
Oxidative damage is a major cause or consequence of cortical and nuclear cataracts, the …

The lens of the eye has long been considered as a radiosensitive tissue, but recent research
has suggested that the radiosensitivity is even greater than previously thought. The 2012 …

Our purpose is to provide a summary overview of blindness and visual impairment on the
context of recent Brazilian ocular epidemiologic studies. Synthesis of data from two cross …

The latitude gradient in comparative development is a striking fact: as one moves away from
the equator, economic activity rises. While this regularity is well known, it is not well …

Ionizing radiation is a well-known but little understood risk factor for lens opacities. Until
recently, cataract development was considered to be a deterministic effect occurring at lens …

Congenital cataract is a crystallin severe blinding disease and genetic factors in disease
development are important. Crystallin growth is under a combination of genes and their …

PURPOSE: To identify sociodemographic and biological risk factors associated with having
cortical, nuclear, posterior subcapsular (PSC), and mixed lens opacities. DESIGN …

There are an estimated 285 million people with visual impairment worldwide, of whom 39
million are blind. The pathogenesis of many eye diseases remains poorly understood. The …

Abstract The Shahroud Eye Cohort Study was set up to determine the prevalence and
incidence of visual impairment and major eye conditions in the 40–64-year-old population of …