Prediction of Juvenile-Onset Myopia

2015353 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Karla Zadnik · The Ohio State University

Loraine T. Sinnott · SUNY College of Optometry

Susan A. Cotter · Marshall B. Ketchum University

Lisa A. Jones‐Jordan · SUNY College of Optometry

Robert N. Kleinstein · University of Alabama at Birmingham

Ruth E. Manny · University of Houston

J. Daniel Twelker

Abstract

Future myopia can be predicted in a nonmyopic child using a simple, single measure of refractive error. Future trials for prevention of myopia should target the child with low hyperopia as the child at risk.

Topics & Keywords

Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Corneal surgery and disorders Retinal Diseases and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Ophthalmology

Volume 133, Issue 6, pp. 683-683

DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.0471

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