Background Contemporary data for causes of vision impairment and blindness form an
important basis of recommendations in public health policies. Refreshment of the Global Vision …

Background Global and regional prevalence estimates for blindness and vision impairment
are important for the development of public health policies. We aimed to provide global …

A review of the literature that examines event-related brain potentials (ERPs) and novelty
processing reveals that the orienting response engendered by deviant or unexpected events …

… complete access to the raw data needed for this report and whobear authorship responsibility
for this report are David S. Friedman, MD,MPH (chairperson); Benita J. O'Colmain, MPH; …

The study of T regulatory cells (T reg cells) has been limited by the lack of specific surface
markers and an inability to define mechanisms of suppression. We show that the expression of …

Objectives To estimate the cause-specific prevalence and distribution of blindness and low
vision in the United States by age, race/ethnicity, and gender, and to estimate the change in …

African Americans have higher rates of kidney disease than European Americans. Here, we
show that, in African Americans, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and …

Eye health and vision have widespread and profound implications for many aspects of life,
health, sustainable development, and the economy. Yet nowadays, many people, families, …

Background and Methods. Superficial and systemic fungal infections are a major problem
among severely immunocompromised patients who undergo bone marrow transplantation. …

age-1(hx546) is a recessive mutant allele in Caenorhabditis elegans that results in an increase
in mean life span averaging 40% and in maximal life span averaging 60% at 20 degrees; …