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Editorial
. 2006 May;90(5):525-6.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.2005.087999.

How blinding is pathological myopia?

S-M Saw
Editorial

How blinding is pathological myopia?

S-M Saw. Br J Ophthalmol. 2006 May.

Abstract

The risks of visual loss in myopia are sufficiently high to warrant measures to prevent pathological myopia

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