Myopia : animal models to clinical trials / editors, Roger W. Beuerman ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beuerman, Roger W., 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myopia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 390 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Myopia is the most common optical disorder in the world, and is on the rise in many countries, particularly in East Asia. The impact of myopia is evident as the driving force in the development of refractive surgery and of the spectacle and contact lens industries. While myopia is often seen as a childhood disease that involves complex genetic-environmental factors, it is also a major cause of adult blindness. In Singapore (where myopia has reached one of the highest rates in the world) as well as in Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong, affected patients have greater severity of myopia, leading to add

Contents:

Epidemiology and risk factors

Clinical studies and pathologic myopia

Genetics of myopia

Animal models and the biological basis of myopia

Interventions for myopia.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612760402

9781282760400

1282760408

9789812832986

981283298X

OCLC:

670430493