PURPOSE To examine baseline measurements of accommodative lag, phoria, reading distance, amount of near work, and level of myopia as risk factors for progression of myopia and their interaction with treatment over 3 years, in children enrolled in the Correction of Myopia Evaluation Trial (COMET). METHODS COMET enrolled 469 ethnically diverse children (ages, 6-11 years) with myopia between -1....

Objectives. To determine the safety and efficacy of three different mydriatic regimens in premature infants referred for retinopathy prematurity (ROP) screening using (1) multiple alternate instillations 0.5% cyclopentolate hydrochloride 2.5% phenylephrine (MAI), (2) single instillation 0.5%/0.5% tropicamide + (SI) (3) with a cotton wick placed inferior fornix (SIW) Philippine tertiary hospital...

Background: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common cause of blindness in elderly. Objectives: Due to increasing rate aging and possible role impaired lipid metabolism as a critical pathogenic factor AMD, this study investigated association between serum profile AMD elderly north Iran. Methods: This nested case-control (as part comparative cohort “The Amirkola Health Ageing Pr...

Background & Aims: Pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PXS) is a complex disorder which causes an increase in intraocular pressure (IOP). This study was conducted in order to compare IOP of both eyes of patients with unilateral PXS. Methods: In a cross-sectional study from January 2011 to June 2012, 79 patients with unilateral PXS were studied. The patients were examined first with constricted, and the...