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Conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence area, but not intensity, is associated with myopia [PDF]

, 2019
Background:Conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence (CUVAF) has been used as a biomarker of time spent outdoors and smaller CUVAF area is associated with myopia in Southern Hemisphere cohorts.
Healy, Martin, Kearney, Stephanie, Laird, Eamon, O'Donoghue, Lisa, Pourshahidi, Laura K, Richardson, Patrick, Saunders, Kathryn J   +6 more
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Changes in forward light scatter parameters as a function of refractive error in young adults [PDF]

, 2020
Background/aims Some aspects of visual performance worsen with increasing myopia. Whilst the underlying causes are not always clear, reduction in retinal image quality is often attributed to structural changes in the posterior myopic eye.
Barbur, J., Nagra, M., Patel, M.
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The increasing prevalence of myopia in junior high school students in the Haidian District of Beijing, China: a 10-year population-based survey

BMC Ophthalmology, 2017
Background Myopia is a leading cause of preventable blindness. Although, multiple cross-sectional epidemiological studies have confirmed that there is a high prevalence of myopia in high school-aged students in China.
Yan Li, Jia Liu, Pengcheng Qi
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Novel Uses and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence in Diagnosing and Managing Eyes with High Myopia and Pathologic Myopia

Diagnostics, 2022
Myopia is a global health issue, and the prevalence of high myopia has increased significantly in the past five to six decades. The high incidence of myopia and its vision-threatening course emphasize the need for automated methods to screen for high ...
Ran Du, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui
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Prevalence of myopia: A large-scale population-based study among children and adolescents in weifang, china

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
PurposeThis study aimed to determine the prevalence of myopia among school-aged children and adolescents at the whole city level of Weifang, China.MethodsThis study was a large scale school-based cross-sectional study among children and adolescents aged ...
Jie Zhang, Zhenhua Li, Jiantao Ren, Wenting Wang, Jiazhen Dai, Cong Li, Xudong Huang, Xianyong Sun, Lei Liu, Lei Liu, Chunping Wang   +10 more
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Blindness incidence in Germany - A population-based study from Württemberg-Hohenzollern [PDF]

, 1999
Few data on the incidence of blindness in Germany are available. We analysed causes of legal blindness for the region Württemberg-Hohenzollern (population 5.5 million) in order to help fill in this gap.
Klauss, V., Krumpaszky, H. G., Lüdtke, R., Mickler, A., Selbmann, H. K.   +4 more
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Single-step Transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy in the treatment of mild, moderate, and high myopia: six month results

BMC Ophthalmology, 2018
Background To evaluate the safety, efficacy, and the refractive outcomes of single-step transepithelial photorefractive keratectomy (TransPRK) for the correction of mild, moderate, and high myopia.
Lei Xi, Chen Zhang, Yanling He
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Acircularity and circularity indexes of the foveal avascular zone in high myopia

Scientific Reports, 2021
This study explored the association between foveal avascular zone (FAZ) parameters and high myopia using optical coherence tomography angiography. We divided 106 eyes of 106 patients into quartiles based on the axial length.
Helong Piao, Yue Guo, Haowei Zhang, Mi Sun Sung, Sang Woo Park   +4 more
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Optic Nerve Traction During Adduction in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma With Normal Intraocular Pressure. [PDF]

, 2017
PurposeWe used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to ascertain effects of optic nerve (ON) traction in adduction, a phenomenon proposed as neuropathic in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG).MethodsSeventeen patients with POAG and maximal IOP ≤ 20 mm Hg, and
Bonelli, Laura, Caprioli, Joseph, Clark, Robert A, Coleman, Anne L, Demer, Joseph L, Giaconi, JoAnn A, Law, Simon K, Nouri-Mahdavi, Kouros, Suh, Soh Youn   +8 more
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Surgical correction of horizontal strabismus in high myopia patients [PDF]

, 2001
Purpose: To analyze results of correction of horizontal strabismus surgical in high myopia patients. Methods: A retrospective chart review of 24 patients with esotropia and high myopia (greater than -6.00 spherical diopters) and 17 patients with ...
Ejzenbaum, Fábio, Goldchmit, Mauro, Souza-dias, Carlos R., Vadas, Marcelo F. Gaal   +3 more
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