Sentence examples for main cause of blindness from inspiring English sources

In 68 % of the 136 blind with glaucoma, the main cause of blindness was attributable to glaucoma.

One has age-related macular degeneration, the main cause of blindness in rich countries.

Cataract was the main cause of blindness (55.0%).

The main cause of blindness was found to be corneal opacification of all types.

Avoidable causes (i.e. cataract, refractive error, aphakia, surgical complications, corneal scarring and phthysis) accounted for 80.0% of bilateral blindness and cataract was the main cause of blindness (55.0%).

This dispels the conclusions of a previous clinic-based study that suggested that corneal scarring was the main cause of blindness in the region [10].

The two main causes of blindness in Qatar are premature birth and genetic disorders, passed along within families.

It is well known that by 80 years old, more than 80%% of the main causes of blindness are due to age-related conditions such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataract and glaucoma [1].

This is why there was designed a concept focusing on the research of the quality of life of children with retinopathy of prematurity,which is one of the main causes of blindness in advanced and medium developed countries of the world.

The main causes of blindness were cataract, glaucoma and non-trachomatous corneal scarring.

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the main causes of blindness in industrialized nations (1).