Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1992: Nondepartmental witnessesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 1056 pages |
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... cause of blindness in the white population is age - related macular degeneration , whereas for black Americans , it is glaucoma . Our study also documented the shocking rate of visual loss that develops with age . Significant impairment ...
... cause of blindness in the white population is age - related macular degeneration , whereas for black Americans , it is glaucoma . Our study also documented the shocking rate of visual loss that develops with age . Significant impairment ...
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... cause of vision loss among working - age Americans . Twelve million citizens have diabetes and most of them could eventually experience retinal complications . A rigorous economic analysis has determined that a year of blindness caused ...
... cause of vision loss among working - age Americans . Twelve million citizens have diabetes and most of them could eventually experience retinal complications . A rigorous economic analysis has determined that a year of blindness caused ...
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... causes hereditary cataracts in two animal models , the first time that crystallin mutations have been shown to cause cataracts . • NEI - supported scientists last year identified mutations in the gene that causes one form of retinitis ...
... causes hereditary cataracts in two animal models , the first time that crystallin mutations have been shown to cause cataracts . • NEI - supported scientists last year identified mutations in the gene that causes one form of retinitis ...
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... cause of blindness in the United States and the leading cause of blindness among black Americans . Two million Americans have glaucoma , and surveys suggest that another one million citizens may have the disease without being aware that ...
... cause of blindness in the United States and the leading cause of blindness among black Americans . Two million Americans have glaucoma , and surveys suggest that another one million citizens may have the disease without being aware that ...
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... cause or causes and not merely enough about appropriate or optimal treatment . How can we reverse the trends ? First , I believe we need to find the cause or causes of asthma . Then we will be able to make some headway with prevention ...
... cause or causes and not merely enough about appropriate or optimal treatment . How can we reverse the trends ? First , I believe we need to find the cause or causes of asthma . Then we will be able to make some headway with prevention ...
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