Global prevalence of visual impairment associated with myopic macular degeneration and temporal trends from 2000 through 2050: systematic review, meta-analysis …

TR Fricke, M Jong, KS Naidoo, P Sankaridurg… - British Journal of …, 2018 - bjo.bmj.com
Purpose We used systematic review and meta-analysis to identify and assimilate evidence
quantifying blindness and visual impairment (VI) associated with myopic macular …

Genome-wide association meta-analysis highlights light-induced signaling as a driver for refractive error

MS Tedja, R Wojciechowski, PG Hysi, N Eriksson… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
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 …

Axial length growth and the risk of developing myopia in European children

JWL Tideman, JR Polling, JR Vingerling… - Acta …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To generate percentile curves of axial length (AL) for European children, which can
be used to estimate the risk of myopia in adulthood. Methods A total of 12 386 participants …

Myopia prevalence and risk factors in children

C Theophanous, BS Modjtahedi, M Batech… - Clinical …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors for pediatric myopia in a contemporary
American cohort. Methods A cross-sectional study of pediatric patients enrolled in the Kaiser …

Public health burden and potential interventions for myopia

BS Modjtahedi, FL Ferris, DG Hunter, DS Fong - Ophthalmology, 2018 - aaojournal.org
Myopia is the most common ocular abnormality in the world. 1, 2 Its growing prevalence has
resulted in it reaching near ubiquitous status in many East Asian communities, affecting 80 …

Comparison of intravitreal bevacizumab and laser photocoagulation in the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity

R Roohipoor, R Karkhaneh, M Riazi-Esfahani… - Ophthalmology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To compare the outcomes of patients with type I retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
treated with either intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB) or retinal laser photocoagulation (RLP) …

[PDF][PDF] Meeting on Developing Myopia Control Strategies, Singapore, 13-14 November 2018: meeting report

World Health Organization - 2018 - apps.who.int
Uncorrected refractive errors are the main cause of avoidable vision impairment globally.
Myopia is a type of refractive error affecting people of all ages, including school-aged …

Influence of short-term orthokeratology to corneal tangent modulus: a randomized study

AKC Lam, SYY Leung, Y Hon, L Shu-Ho… - Current eye …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Influence of orthokeratology on corneal biomechanics is equivocal using Ocular
Response Analyzer, ORA. Implementing indentation method, corneal tangent modulus was …

[PDF][PDF] Reducing the impact of the impending myopia epidemic in New Zealand

A Petty, G Wilson - Public health and the radio frequency radiation …, 2018 - nzmj.org.nz
Myopia is an eye condition that is increasing around the world, reaching epidemic levels in
many countries. It is associated with a higher risk of other ocular diseases including myopic …

Myopia: mechanisms, manifestations and management.

N Logan, J Guggenheim, C To - Ophthalmic & Physiological …, 2018 - search.ebscohost.com
An introduction is presented in which the author discusses various reports within the issue
on topics including the progress and trends in the field of myopia research, the central role of …