Disease relevance of Vision, Low

• We show that extensive bilateral coloboma resulting in low vision, microcephaly, and brain malformation were the only three parameters that were predictive of poor intellectual outcome [1].
• Uncorrected refractive error accounted for the reduced vision in 7 cases 5 of which were myopia [2].
• Such lesions may be symptomatic because of decreased vision, macular puckering, and strabismus; vitreous hemorrhage has not previously been reported as the presenting clinical sign or the predominant cause for reduced vision [3].
• RESULTS: Congenital bilateral toxoplasmic macular scars, optic atrophy, and congenital cataracts were the major causes of low vision in this population [4].
• The 4 main causes of low vision were cataract (21.4% of low vision group), glaucoma (14.0%), diabetic retinopathy (13.0%), and retinitis pigmentosa (10.7%) [5].

High impact information on Vision, Low

• CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of reduced vision because of myopia is high in school-age children living in metropolitan Guangzhou, representing an important public health problem [6].
• RESULTS: All patients with LCA had vision reduced to perception of light and had undetectable ERGs [7].
• These aphakic eyes remained with low vision, developing strabismus on longer follow-up [8].
• Taking the mystique out of low vision [9].
• PURPOSE: The Minnesota Low-Vision Reading Test (MNREAD) has been developed to measure reading speed [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of Vision, Low

• Osmotic cataract causes reduced vision in wild Atlantic salmon postsmolts [11].
• Adaptive low-vision and blindness techniques for blood glucose monitoring [12].
• Viewing of fluorescein angiograms by closed-circuit video low-vision apparatus [13].
• In patients with active inflammatory disease resulting in reduced vision, steroids are still the best drug but cyclosporin is becoming widely used in combination with steroid therapy, in patients who do not respond to steroids alone or in whom the dose of steroids required to control the disease process is unacceptably high [14].
• A review was undertaken of all patients referred for Low Vision Aid (LVA) assessment in the Wandsworth Health Authority over eighteen months [15].

Biological context of Vision, Low

• Attention is drawn to newer techniques of assessment (contrast sensitivities and binocular visual fields) and of management (low vision aids, Fresnel prisms, botulinum toxin injections, and adjustable suture strabismus surgery) [16].

Anatomical context of Vision, Low

• Unilateral extensive myelination of the peripapillary nerve fibers may be associated with anisometropic myopia, strabismus, and reduced vision [17].

Gene context of Vision, Low

• Younger patients with an AIPL1 or RPGRIP1 variation were found to have severely reduced vision [18].
• Heckenlively comments that by the end of the 4th decade of life, most males with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa have vision reduced to hand motion or light perception [19].
• The average LVQOL score for a population with low vision (60.9 +/- 25.1) was significantly lower than the average score of those with normal vision (100.3 +/- 20.8) [20].
• This study evaluates the repeatability of the Mars test and its agreement with the Pelli-Robson test in normal and low-vision subjects [21].
• BACKGROUND: The objective of this article is to determine the prevalence and causes of blindness and low vision in Ozoro, a rural town of Delta State in Nigeria, in order to provide baseline information for planning a prevention of blindness programme [22].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Vision, Low

• METHODS: Interviews, including the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form (SF-36), the Visual Function-14 (VF-14), and the 51-item Field Test Version of the National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI-VFQ), were administered to 156 consecutive patients 1 week before and 3 months after their low-vision clinic visit [23].
• RESULTS: Vision rehabilitation is now covered by Medicare under Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation codes by some Medicare carriers, yet reimbursement is not available for low vision devices or refraction [24].
• METHODS: An extensive literature search was conducted in international and national scientific and medical journals to identify epidemiological studies that fulfilled basic criteria for inclusion in the Data Bank, namely a clearly stated definition of blindness and low vision, and prevalence rates derived from population-based surveys [25].

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