Myopia, also known as short-sightedness or near-sightedness, is a very common condition
that typically starts in childhood. Severe forms of myopia (pathologic myopia) are associated …

Pathologic myopia is a major cause of visual impairment worldwide. Pathologic myopia is
distinctly different from high myopia. High myopia is a high degree of myopic refractive error …

The results of many studies in a variety of species have significantly advanced our
understanding of the role of visual experience and the mechanisms of postnatal eye growth …

Refractive errors, in particular myopia, are a leading cause of morbidity and disability
worldwide. Genetic investigation can improve understanding of the molecular mechanisms …

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Over the past 500 years, North America has been the site of ongoing mixing of Native
Americans, European settlers, and Africans (brought largely by the trans-Atlantic slave …

Purpose To investigate whether myopia is becoming more common across Europe and
explore whether increasing education levels, an important environmental risk factor for …

Refractive errors, including myopia, are the most frequent eye disorders worldwide and an
increasingly common cause of blindness. This genome-wide association meta-analysis in …

Objectives To determine whether more years spent in education is a causal risk factor for
myopia, or whether myopia is a causal risk factor for more years in education. Design …

Background Mutations in the L/M cone opsin gene array cause abnormally high perceived
retinal contrast and the development of myopia. Environmental factors may also lead to high …