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Alfred Sommer
Researcher at Johns Hopkins University
Publications - 366
Citations - 32936
Alfred Sommer is an academic researcher from Johns Hopkins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Xerophthalmia & Vitamin A deficiency. The author has an hindex of 86, co-authored 364 publications receiving 31556 citations. Previous affiliations of Alfred Sommer include Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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The Cause-specific Prevalence of Visual Impairment in an Urban Population: The Baltimore Eye Survey
Bahram Rahmani,James M. Tielsch,Joanne Katz,John D. Gottsch,Harry A. Quigley,Jonathan C. Javitt,Alfred Sommer +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used data from the Baltimore Eye Survey to estimate the causes specific prevalence of visual impairment (best-corrected visual acuity worse than 20/40 but better than 20 /200) among black and white residents of east Baltimore who were 40 years of age or older.
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Intraocular Pressure and Glaucoma
TL;DR: The winners and nominees for this year's Pulitzer Prize for public service announcements are:.
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Diabetes, Intraocular Pressure, and Primary Open-angle Glaucoma in the Baltimore Eye Survey
TL;DR: There is no evidence from this population-based investigation that supports an association between diabetes and POAG.
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Risk factors for the development of glaucomatous visual field loss in ocular hypertension
TL;DR: increasing nerve fiber layer atrophy judged by a semiquantitative grading system was associated with increasing risk of development of visual field loss among persons with ocular hypertension, and the relationship of the development of field loss to race, myopia, family history of glaucoma, and medical history are more complex than has been presumed.
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National Outcomes of Cataract Extraction: Increased Risk of Retinal Complications Associated with Nd.-YAG Laser Capsulotomy
Jonathan C. Javitt,James M. Tielsch,Joseph K. Canner,Margaret M. Kolb,Alfred Sommer,Earl P. Steinberg +5 more
TL;DR: There is a statistically significant increase in the risk of retinal detachment or break in those patients who undergo capsulotom after cataract extraction, and capsulotomy should be deferred until the patient's impairment caused by capsular opacification warrants the increased risk ofretinal complications associated with performance of Capsulotomy.