Peripheral Refraction and Eye Lengths in Myopic Children in the Bifocal Lenses In Nearsighted Kids (BLINK) Study | Zendy

Donald O. Mutti | Zendy; Loraine T. Sinnott | Zendy; Kathleen Reuter | Zendy; Maria K. Walker | Zendy; David A. Berntsen | Zendy; Lisa A. JonesJordan | Zendy; Jeffrey J. Walline | Zendy

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Peripheral Refraction and Eye Lengths in Myopic Children in the Bifocal Lenses In Nearsighted Kids (BLINK) Study

Author(s) -

Donald O. Mutti,

Loraine T. Sinnott,

Kathleen Reuter,

Maria K. Walker,

David A. Berntsen,

Lisa A. JonesJordan,

Jeffrey J. Walline

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

translational vision science and technology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.508

H-Index - 21

ISSN - 2164-2591

DOI - 10.1167/tvst.8.2.17

Subject(s) - optometry , refraction , peripheral , medicine , ophthalmology , refractive error , presbyopia , optics , eye disease , physics

Local retinal control of ocular growth has been demonstrated numerous times in animal experimental myopia models but has not been explored in detail in human myopia development. These BLINK baseline results suggest that children's native peripheral optical signals may not be a strong stimulus for local growth responses.

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