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High myopia: Reviews of myopia control strategies and myopia complications
Acta OphthalmologicaAims: Most participants in myopia control studies have low and moderate myopia, relatively little is known about myopia control in high myopia. This review aims to evaluate the efficacy of myopia control strategies in high myopia and report on the structural and pathological complications of the eye.Methods: Comprehensive literature searches were ...
Rakhee Shah +2 more
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BMC Ophthalmology, 2020 Background To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors associated with myopia and high myopia in children in South Korea. Methods A total of 983 children 5–18 years of age who participated in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ...
Hyuna Kim +8 more
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Prevalence of myopia and associated risk factors among key schools in Xi’an, China
BMC Ophthalmology, 2022 Background The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of myopia and high myopia and the associated risk factors in key schools in Xi'an, China. Methods This cross-sectional study started in September 2021 and was conducted for one month.
Xingxing Zhao +9 more
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Human PrimPol mutation associated with high myopia has a DNA replication defect [PDF]
, 2014 PrimPol is a primase-polymerase found in humans, and other eukaryotes, involved in bypassing lesions encountered during DNA replication. PrimPol employs both translesion synthesis and repriming mechanisms to facilitate lesion bypass by the replisome ...
Aguilera +27 more
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Ocular Refraction at Birth and Its Development During the First Year of Life in a Large Cohort of Babies in a Single Center in Northern Italy [PDF]
, 2020 The purpose of this study was to investigate refraction at birth and during the first year of life in a large cohort of babies born in a single center in Northern Italy.
Bartollino S. +7 more
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Corneal densitometry in high myopia [PDF]
BMC Ophthalmology, 2018 To investigate corneal densitometry values obtained using Scheimpflug tomography in normal and highly myopic (HM) eyes and to assess the differences in densitometry values between them.Highly myopic and normal corneas were examined using the Pentacam Scheimpflug imaging system. Corneal densitometry was automatically performed over a 12-mm diameter area,
Jing Dong +7 more
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Myopes have significantly higher serum melatonin concentrations than non-myopes [PDF]
, 2017 Purpose Experimental animal models of myopia demonstrate that higher melatonin (Mel) and lower dopamine (DA) concentrations actively promote axial elongation.
Ackermann +70 more
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Time outdoors and the prevention of myopia [PDF]
, 2015 Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that children who spend more time outdoors are less likely to be, or to become myopic, irrespective of how much near work they do, or whether their parents are myopic.
Ashby, Regan S. +3 more
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BMC Ophthalmology, 2018 Background Myopia is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children and young adults. Multiple epidemiological studies have confirmed a high prevalence of myopia in Asian countries.
Min Chen +6 more
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Prevalence of refractive error in Europe: the European Eye Epidemiology (E3) Consortium [PDF]
, 2015 To estimate the prevalence of refractive error in adults across Europe. Refractive data (mean spherical equivalent) collected between 1990 and 2013 from fifteen population-based cohort and cross-sectional studies of the European Eye Epidemiology (E3 ...
Anastasopoulos, E. (Eleftherios) +33 more
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