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JOURNAL OF AAPOS
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages 181-189Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2010.09.020
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- Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc
- National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
- Singapore Ministry of Health
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Myopia is the most common human eye disorder. With its increasing prevalence and earlier age-of-onset in recent birth cohorts, myopia now affects almost 33% of adults in the United States, and epidemic proportions of 85% to 90% adults in Asian cities. Unlike children in Western populations, where the prevalence of myopia is very low (less than 5%), Asian children have prevalences as high as 29% in 7-year-olds. In addition to the direct economic and social burdens of myopia, associated ocular complications may lead to substantial vision loss. This workshop summarizes the current literature regarding myopia epidemiology, genetics, animal model studies, risk factors, and clinical treatments. Published treatment strategies to retard the progression of myopia in children, such as pharmacologic agents, progressive addition lenses, and neural adaptation programs, are outlined. (J AAPOS 2011;15:181-189)
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