Prediction of Juvenile-Onset Myopia

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Myopia (nearsightedness) has its onset in childhood and affects about one-third of adults in the United States. Along with its high prevalence, myopia is expensive to correct and is associated with ocular diseases that include glaucoma and retinal detachment.

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Title: JAMA Ophthalmology

Abbreviated Title: JAMA Ophthalmol

Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)

ISSN (Print): 2168-6165

Publication date Created: June 01 2015

Publication date (Print): June 01 2015

Volume: 133

Issue: 6

Page: 683

Affiliations

[1 ]College of Optometry, The Ohio State University, Columbus

[2 ]Southern California College of Optometry, Marshall B. Ketchum University, Fullerton

[3 ]School of Optometry, University of Alabama at Birmingham

[4 ]College of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

[5 ]Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of Arizona, Tucson

Article

DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.0471

PMC ID: 4607030

PubMed ID: 25837970

SO-VID: 88756c1b-bea4-4ab3-84e0-eaa607bd6c7c

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