Glaucoma is a disease where retinal ganglion cells (RGC) are specifically affected though a
number of evidences endorse the hypothesis that glaucoma is a neuro-degenerative …

PURPOSE: To describe the change in visual acuity in a 15-year period. DESIGN: Population-
based study. METHODS: setting: Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. participants: 4068 persons 43 to …

Aim The scientific literature contains recent data on the prevalence of blindness and low
vision for a few European countries, but most of these studies have been focused …

PURPOSE: To describe visual impairment (VI) over a 20-year period and its associations
with age-related eye diseases and socioeconomic factors in the Beaver Dam Eye Study …

Purpose To report 15-year incidence rate of visual loss (blindness and visual impairment
[VI]), causes, and risk factors for participants in Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study III …

Objectives To correlate diffusion-tensor imaging (DTI) of the optic nerve with morphological
indices obtained by scanning laser polarimetry (GDx-VCC); confocal scanning laser …

OBJECTIVES: To summarize incidence and risk factors for each main cause of visual loss in
an African-Caribbean population and discuss the implications of these data from a public …

PURPOSE:: To describe the cumulative 5-year incidence of visual impairment and blindness
in adult Chinese in greater Beijing. DESIGN:: Population-based study. PARTICIPANTS:: The …

The 12-year Incidence of Glaucoma and Glaucoma-related Visua... : Journal of Glaucoma The
12-year Incidence of Glaucoma and Glaucoma-related Visual Field Loss in Italy: The Ponza …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the 9-year incidence of visual impairment and primary causes of
blindness among black participants of the Barbados Eye Studies (BES). DESIGN …