Etiopathogenesis and management of high-degree myopia. Part I

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Zejmo, Maria ^a   Formińska Kapuścik, Maria ^a   Pieczara, Ewa ^a   Filipek, Erita ^a   Mrukwa Kominek, Ewa ^a   Samochowiec Donocik, Elzbieta ^a   Leszczyński, Rafał ^a   Smuzyńska, Magdalena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology of high myopia; Etiopathogenesis of high myopia; High degree myopia; Near work

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MYOPIA; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 70349900897     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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