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Data in Brief, 2021 Water Gradient Contact Lens (WGCL) is a new generation material that combines the benefits of Silicone hydrogel (SiHy) and traditional hydrogel contact lenses by modifying the materials between the core and the surface.
Jimmy Ka-Wai Cheung +8 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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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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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2020 Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is the predominant subtype of exudative age-related macular degeneration in Asians. Although photodynamic therapy (PDT) is widely used for PCV treatment, its long-term beneficial effects are unsatisfactory ...
Yang Liu +11 more
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Myopia and defocus: the current understanding [PDF]
, 2011 The current theories relating to the development and progression of myopia are related to exposure of the eye to hyperopic defocus. This paper discusses these theories and the large body of recent research investigating the evidence behind them.
Day, Mhairi, Duffy, Lorraine
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Metabolic memory in mitochondrial oxidative damage triggers diabetic retinopathy
BMC Ophthalmology, 2018 Background Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a microvascular complication induced by high blood glucose. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of metabolic memory on mitochondrial oxidative damage-induced DR. Methods Rat retinal endothelial cells
Zhaoge Wang +5 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 ...
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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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Defocused Images Change Multineuronal Firing Patterns in the Mouse Retina
Cells, 2020 Myopia is a major public health problem, affecting one third of the population over 12 years old in the United States and more than 80% of people in Hong Kong. Myopia is attributable to elongation of the eyeball in response to defocused images that alter
Seema Banerjee +3 more
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Eye and Vision, 2023 Background Myopia control interventions, such as defocus incorporated multiple segments (DIMS) spectacle lenses, have been adopted in school-aged children to reduce the prevalence of myopia and its complications.
Rachel Ka Man Chun +6 more
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