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Background To investigate refractive outcomes and optical quality after implantation of posterior chamber phakic implantable collamer lens with a central hole (ICL V4c) to correct high myopia. Methods Sixty seven eyes of 38 patients who underwent ICL V4c
Huamao Miao+5 more
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Lens Biometry in Congenital Lens Deformities: A Swept-Source Anterior Segment OCT Analysis
Aims: To investigate the lens biometric parameters in congenital lens deformities, using a novel technique of swept-source anterior segment optical coherence tomography (SS-ASOCT).Methods: This prospective study included patients with microspherophakia ...
Ze-xu Chen+8 more
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Identification and Replication of Three Novel Myopia Common Susceptibility Gene Loci on Chromosome 3q26 using Linkage and Linkage Disequilibrium Mapping [PDF]
Refractive error is a highly heritable quantitative trait responsible for considerable morbidity. Following an initial genome-wide linkage study using microsatellite markers, we confirmed evidence for linkage to chromosome 3q26 and then conducted fine ...
Toby Andrew+40 more
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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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Ophthalmic services in Shanghai 2017: a cataract-centric city-wide government survey
Background Demand for eye care has increased in recent decades in China due to rapid socioeconomic development and demographic shift. Knowledge of output and productivity of ophthalmic services would allow policymakers to optimize resource allocation ...
Xiangjia Zhu+10 more
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BackgroundDue to complicated and variable fundus status of highly myopic eyes, their visual benefit from cataract surgery remains hard to be determined preoperatively.
Ling Wei+44 more
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On Myopia as Rationale for Social Security [PDF]
This paper revisits the role played by myopia in generating a theoretical rationale for pay-as-you-go social security in dynamically efficient economies.
Joydeep Bhattacharya, Torben Andersen
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This retrospective cohort study investigates axial elongation in myopic children and adolescents wearing single vision spectacles, before and after the availability of proven myopia control spectacles.
Kryshell Yu Qi Wong+2 more
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Purpose: The aim of the study was to develop and validate a prognostic nomogram for subclinical keratoconus diagnosis using corneal tomographic and biomechanical integration assessments.Design: This is a retrospective case–control study.Methods:Setting ...
Xiaoyu Zhang+27 more
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The observation during small incision lenticule extraction for myopia with corneal opacity
Background To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) in the treatment of myopia with corneal opacity. Methods To evaluate the treatment of myopia with corneal opacity, 9 patients (4 males, 5 females) who ...
Shaowei Zhang+6 more
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