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Review
. 2016 Fall;5(3):78-88.

Topical Atropine in the Control of Myopia

Virgilio Galvis  1 , Alejandro Tello  1 , M Margarita Parra  1 , Jesus Merayo-Lloves  2 , Jaime Larrea  3 , Carlos Julian Rodriguez  4 , Paul Anthony Camacho  5
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Review

Topical Atropine in the Control of Myopia

Virgilio Galvis et al. Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol. 2016 Fall.

Abstract

Atropine has been used for more than a century to arrest myopia progression. Compelling evidence of its protective effect has been reported in well-designed clinical studies, mainly performed during the last two decades. However, its exact mechanism of action has not been determined. Experimental findings have shown that the mechanism is not related to accommodation, as was thought for decades. A review of the published literature revealed a significant amount of evidence supporting its safety and efficacy at a concentration of 1.0%, and at lower concentrations (as low as 0.01%).

Keywords: Myopia; Progression; Topical Atropine.

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Authors declared that the sponsors had not any role in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. Therefore, this funding source had not any kind of influence (or bias) in the work. All the aforementioned authors met the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) criteria for authorship for this manuscript, take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, and have provided approval for the revised manuscript to be published.

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