May home confinement during the COVID-19 outbreak worsen the global burden of myopia?

Affiliations

¹ Ophthalmology Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
² Department of Ophthalmology, University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy. giuseppe.giannaccare@gmail.com.

Comment

Marco Pellegrini et al. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;258(9):2069-2070.

doi: 10.1007/s00417-020-04728-2. Epub 2020 May 4.

¹ Ophthalmology Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
² Department of Ophthalmology, University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro, Viale Europa, 88100, Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy. giuseppe.giannaccare@gmail.com.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Dear Editor,; Myopia; Quarantine myopia.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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