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SynthesisStrabismus2025

Prevalence of strabismus in Pakistan: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Zainab Zehra, Christopher S von Bartheld, Wishal Khan, Maleeha Azam, Raheel Qamar

Abstract readSystematic ReviewMeta-Analysis
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Synthesis in Strabismus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Binocular Vision Anomalies: An Update on Prevalence, Impact, Technological and Treatment Developments and Current Challenges.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Zainab ZehraTranslational Genomics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Christopher S von BartheldDepartment of Physiology and Cell Biology, Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA.
Wishal KhanDepartment of Molecular Biology, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Pakistan.
Maleeha AzamTranslational Genomics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Raheel QamarTranslational Genomics Laboratory, Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Funding

Does Ethnic Variation of the Orbit Determine the Prevalence of Horizontal Strabismus?R21EY031729 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO · PI VON BARTHELD, CHRISTOPHER S · 2021 to 2022
$394k
NEI NIH HHS R21 EY031729
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

StrabismusHumansPakistanPrevalenceCommunity-based studiesheterogeneityPakistanprevalencestrabismus

Identifiers

PMID39351897
PMCPMC11821445

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