Myopia - Global problem, global research

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 223-225

  Norton, Thomas T ^a   Manny, Ruth ^a   O'Leary, Daniel J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ANIMAL MODEL; ASTIGMATISM; CHICKEN; CHINA; CHOROID; EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE REFRACTION; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LENS; MONKEY; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 17444416138     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200504000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

References (32)

1. Saw SM, Tong L, Chua WH, Chia KS, Koh D, Tan DT, Katz J. Incidence and progression of myopia in Singaporean school children. Invest Ophthatmol Vis Sci 2005;46:51-7.
2. Bourne RR, Dineen BP, Ali SM, Noorul Huq DM, Johnson GJ. Prevalence of refractive error in Bangladeshi adults: results of the national blindness and low vision survey of Bangladesh. Ophthalmology 2004;111:1150-60.
3. Fan DS, Lam DS, Lam RF, Lau JT, Chong KS, Cheung EY, Lai RY, Chew SJ. Prevalence, incidence, and progression of myopia of school children in Hong Kong. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004;45:1071-5.
4. He M, Zeng J, Liu Y, Xu J, Pokharel GP, Ellwein LB. Refractive error and visual impairment in urban children in southern China. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004;45:793-9.
5. Kempen JH, Mitchell P, Lee KE, Tielsch JM, Broman AT, Taylor HR, Ikram MK, Congdon NG, O'Colmain BJ. The prevalence of refractive errors among adults in the United States, Western Europe, and Australia. Arch Ophthalmol 2004;122:495-505.
6. Lin LL, Shih YF, Tsai CB, Chen CJ, Lee LA, Hung PT, Hou PK. Epidemiologic study of ocular refraction among schoolchildren in Taiwan in 1995. Optom Vis Sci 1999;76:275-81.
7. Naidoo KS, Raghunandan A, Mashige KP, Govender P, Holden BA, Pokharel GP, Ellwein LB. Refractive error and visual impairment in African children in South Africa. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2003;44:3764-70.
8. Murthy GV, Gupta SK, Ellwein LB, Munoz SR, Pokharel GP, Sanga L, Bachani D. Refractive error in children in an urban population in New Delhi. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2002;43:623-31.
9. Dandona R, Dandona L, Naduvilath TJ, Srinivas M, McCarty CA, Rao GN. Refractive errors in an urban population in Southern India: the Andhra Pradesh eye disease study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1999;40:2810-8.
10. Dandona R, Dandona L, Srinivas M, Sahare P, Narsaiah S, Munoz SR, Pokharel GP, Ellwein LB. Refractive error in children in a rural population in India. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2002;43:615-22.
11. Maul E, Barroso S, Munoz SR, Sperduto RD, Ellwein LB. Refractive error study in children: results from La Florida, Chile. Am J Ophthalmol 2000;129:445-54.
12. Zhao J, Pan X, Sui R, Munoz SR, Sperduto RD, Ellwein LB. Refractive error study in children: results from Shunyi District, China. Am J Ophthalmol 2000;129:427-35.
13. Pokharel GP, Negrel AD, Munoz SR, Ellwein LB. Refractive error study in children: results from Mechi Zone, Nepal. Am J Ophthalmol 2000;129:436-44.
14. He M, Xu J, Yin Q, Ellwein LB. Need and challenges of refractive correction in urban Chinese school children. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:229-34.
15. Bourne RR, Dineen BP, Huq DM, Ali SM, Johnson GJ. Correction of refractive error in the adult population of Bangladesh: meeting the unmet need. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004;45:410-7.
16. McCarty CA, Taylor HR. Myopia and vision 2020. Am J Ophthalmol 2000;129:525-7.
17. Lam DS, Fan DS, Chan WM, Tam BS, Kwok AK, Leung AT, Parsons H. Prevalence and characteristics of peripheral retinal degeneration in Chinese adult with high myopia: a cross-sectional prevalence survey. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:235-8.
18. Goldschmidt E, Fledelius HC. High myopia progression and visual impairment in a non-selected group of Danish 14-year-olds followed over 40 years. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:239-43.
19. Heidary G, Ying GS, Maguire MG, Young TL. The association of astigmatism and spherical refractive error in a high myopia cohort. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:244-7.
20. Kee CS, Hung LF, Qiao-Grider Y, Ramamirtham R, Smith EL, 3rd. Astigmatism in monkeys with experimentally induced myopia or hyperopia. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:248-60.
21. Logan NS, Davies LN, Mallen EA, Gilmartin B. Ametropia and ocular biometry in a United Kingdom university student population. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:261-6.
22. Thorn F, Gwiazda J, Held R. Refractive status of indigenous people in the northwestern region of Brazil. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:267-72.
23. Gwiazda J, Thorn F, Held R. Accommodation, accommodative convergence, and response AC/A ratios before and at the onset of myopia in children. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:273-8.
24. Seidel D, Gray LS, Heron G. The effect of monocular and binocular viewing upon the accommodation response to real targets in emmetropia and myopia. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:279-85.
25. Thorn F, Gwiazda J, Held R. Myopia progression is specified by a double exponential growth function. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:286-97.
26. Kee CS, Ramamirtham R, Qiao-Grider Y, Hung LF, Ward M, Smith EL, 3rd. The role of peripheral vision in the refractive-error development of infant monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004;45:E-Abstract 1157.
27. Lundström L. Assessment of objective and subjective eccentric refraction. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:298-306.
28. Moskowitz A, Hansen R, Fulton A. Early ametropia and rod photoreceptor function in retinopathy of prematurity. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:307-17.
29. Nickla DL, Sharda V, Troilo D. Temporal integration characteristics of the axial and choroidal responses to myopic defocus induced by prior form deprivation versus positive spectacle lens wear in chickens. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:318-27.
30. Kowalski PM, Wang Y, Owens RE, Bolden J, Smith JB, Hyman L. Adaptability of myopic children to progressive addition lenses with a modified fitting protocol in the Correction of Myopia Evaluation Trial (COMET). Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:328-37.
31. Nakatsuka C, Hasebe S, Nonaka F, Ohtsuka T. Assessment of downward deviation of progressive addition lenses in a myopia control study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004;45:E-abstract 2732.
32. Dias L, Hyman L, Manny RE, Fern K, the COMET Group. Evaluating the self-esteem of myopic children over a three-year period: The COMET experience. Optom Vis Sci 2005;82:338-47.