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Posterior corneal surface stability after femtosecond laser-assisted keratomileusis [PDF]
, 2015 The purpose of this study was to evaluate posterior corneal surface variation after femtosecond laser-assisted keratomileusis in patients with myopia and myopic astigmatism. Patients were evaluated by corneal tomography preoperatively and at 1, 6, and 12
Cagini, Carlo +6 more
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016 Pathologic myopia (PM) is the only myopia that causes the loss of best-corrected visual acuity. The main reason for best-corrected visual acuity loss is complications specific to PM, such as myopic maculopathy, myopic traction maculopathy, and myopic optic neuropathy (or glaucoma).
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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 +8 more
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Habit Formation and Labor Supply [PDF]
This paper shows that the combination of habit formation - present consumption creating additional consumption needs in the future - and myopia may explain why some retirees are forced to ‘unretire’, i.e., unexpectedly return to work.
Darío Maldonado +3 more
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Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program and Implications for US National Security. [PDF]
, 2010 This article analyzes Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program and the characteristics of the environment in which the program is nested. These characteristics include Pakistan’s history of internal and external instability; nuclear saber rattling during ...
Tkacik, Michael
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On Myopia As Rationale for Social Security [PDF]
It has been argued that "paternalistically motivated forced savings constitutes an important, and to some the most important, rationale for social security retirement systems." This paper revisits the role played by myopia in generating a theoretical ...
Anderson, Torben M. +1 more
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Rights Myopia in Child Welfare [PDF]
, 2005 For decades, legal scholars have debated the proper balance of parents\u27 rights and children\u27s rights in the child welfare system. This Article argues that the debate mistakenly privileges rights.
Boothroyd, R. N. +13 more
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Myopia: its historical contexts [PDF]
British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018 Worldwide, and especially in Asia, myopia is a major vision-threatening disorder. From AD 1600 on, to prevent myopia, authors warned against near work without sufficient pauses. There was an abundance of theories about the causes of myopia, the most common one being the necessity of extra convergence on nearby work with thickened extraocular muscles ...
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The Association of Central corneal thickness with Intra-ocular Pressure and Refractive Error in a Nigerian Population [PDF]
, 2008 The purpose of this study was to determine the variation of central corneal thickness (CCT) with intraocular pressure (IOP) and spherical equivalent refractive error.
Iyamu, Eghosasere, Memeh, Misan
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Factors Influencing Optical Coherence Tomography Peripapillary Choroidal Thickness: A Multicenter Study. [PDF]
, 2019 Purpose:To quantify peripapillary choroidal thickness (PCT) and the factors that influence it in healthy participants who represent the racial and ethnic composition of the U.S. population.
Burgoyne, Claude F +14 more
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