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Strategies needed to meet the global challenge of uncorrected refractive error

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Active outreach, education and ensuring that spectacles are available at an affordable cost are ...
Medscape

Childhood Strabismus Strongly Predicted by Refractive Error

November 28, 2011 — Researchers have found a strong severity-dependent association between refractive error and the prevalence of childhood strabismus, according to ...
Healio

VIDEO: First determine source of residual refractive error, then go from there

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . KOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2023 ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Children of Mothers With HDP Have Greater Risk of Overall, Specific High Refractive Error

A Danish study of nationwide registries estimated a 39% greater risk of high refractive error among children of mothers with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Focus on Myopia – Pathogenesis and Rising Incidence

Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a common type of refractive error where close objects appear clearly, but objects farther away appear blurred. Although this vision ...
Ulster University

Hyperopia: shedding light on the ‘neglected’ refractive error of childhood to alleviate visual problems and maximise educational attainment

Hyperopia is a common refractive error in childhood and is associated with amblyopia and strabismus. However, it is difficult to detect in vision screening programmes ...