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Review
. 2022 Jan 20:16:163-176.
doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S349393. eCollection 2022.

Myopia in India

Amar Pujari  1 , Sujeeth Modaboyina  1 , Divya Agarwal  1 , Gunjan Saluja  1 , Rajeswari Thangavel  1 , Vaishali Rakheja  1 , Rohit Saxena  1 , Namrata Sharma  1 , Jeewan S Titiyal  1 , Atul Kumar  1
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Review

Myopia in India

Amar Pujari et al. Clin Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

India is a culturally and geographically diverse nation. Its vast demographic nature does not allow a single definition for any of the given medical conditions in its territory. One important clinical condition which has created an uproar in the rest of the world is myopia. Its cause, prevalence, etiopathogenesis and other factors are being explored constantly; however, data with respect to Indian subcontinent are genuinely missing. Hence, in this review, we enumerate the country's myopia journey from last 4 decades. The epidemiology, genetics, ocular/systemic association, quality of life, imaging, and management in myopia with necessary future directives are discussed to augment the overall management in future.

Keywords: India; atropine therapy in myopia; genetics and myopia; imaging in myopia; management of myopia; myopia; myopia in India; retinopathy of prematurity and myopia.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest for this work.

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