PURPOSE To test the hypothesis that relative peripheral hyperopia predicts development and progression of myopia. METHODS Refraction along the horizontal visual field was measured under cycloplegia at visual field angles of 0°, ±15°, and ±30° at baseline, 1 and 2 years in over 1700 initially 7-year-old Chinese children, and at baseline and 1 year in over 1000 initially 14-year olds. One refra...

This is a case report of acute myopia following topiramate administration. There are several reports of this side effect recently and fortunately all of them were reversible. In our case we tried again topiramate with very low dose and increase it very slowly, the patient was followed and she tolerated it well and didnt find ocular problem anymore. So it could be suggested that starting with lo...

The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of myopia in young students of Bahaudin Zakariya University, Multan. A total sample of 620 students of both gender (male=295; female=325) was collected during 2014. The data was divided in two breeding pattern groups, five groups on account of age at myopia onset and different family size. Out of 620 subjects, 150 had myopia (male=85; ...

PURPOSE Two previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of high myopia in a Japanese population found several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with the disease. The present study examined whether these markers are associated with myopia in a Chinese population. METHODS Individuals with or without complex myopia were recruited from Chinese university students, and probands...

PURPOSE To report the frequency of adult-onset myopia in a large cohort of Caucasian twins that were assessed as part of the Genes in Myopia (GEM) twin study and to quantify the genetic contribution in adult-onset myopia using the classic twin model. METHODS All twins aged 18 years or older were invited to participate in the GEM twin study through the Australian Twin Registry (ATR). Each twin...

Highlights:1. The selection of delivery methods in pregnant patients with myopia is needed to prevent blindness.2. Although there was no report retinal detachment either spontaneous or cesarean section this study, all pathologic peripheral degeneration should be consulted by Ophthalmologist. AbstractIntroduction: blindness. This study aimed calculate and prevalence myopia.Methods: a descriptive...

PURPOSE Examine the prevalence of myopia and high myopia, at 6 and 9 months postterm and 2 and 3 years postnatal in preterm children with birth weights < 1251 g who developed high-risk prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in the neonatal period and participated in the Early Treatment for ROP Study. DESIGN Randomized controlled clinical trial. PARTICIPANTS Four hundred one infants w...

OBJECTIVE To compare the prevalence and risk factors for myopia in 6- and 7-year-old children of Chinese ethnicity in Sydney and Singapore. METHODS Two cross-sectional samples of age- and ethnicity-matched primary school children participated: 124 from the Sydney Myopia Study and 628 from the Singapore Cohort Study on the Risk Factors for Myopia. Cycloplegic autorefraction was used to determi...