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Myopia control: the time is now
Author(s) -
Bullimore Mark A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
ophthalmic and physiological optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.147
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1475-1313
pISSN - 0275-5408
DOI - 10.1111/opo.12130
Subject(s) - optometry , ophthalmology , medicine , randomized controlled trial , psychology , surgery
For over a century parents have asked clinicians if anything can be done to slow the progression of myopia in their children. Most practitioners shrug their shoulders, add another 0.50 DS to the child’s prescription and see him or her in a year. The tide has now turned. A number of treatments have been shown to cut progression rates in half and a motivated clinician could expand his or her practice to incorporate myopia control.