Editorial
doi: 10.1136/bjo.2005.087999.
How blinding is pathological myopia?
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- DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.087999
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Editorial
How blinding is pathological myopia?
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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Competing interests: none declared
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Visual outcomes for high myopic patients with or without myopic maculopathy: a 10 year follow up study.Br J Ophthalmol. 2006 May;90(5):546-50. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2005.081992. Br J Ophthalmol. 2006. PMID: 16622083 Free PMC article.
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