Comment on Effects of Insufficient Sleep on Myopia in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [Letter]

Affiliations

¹ The Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, People's Republic of China.
² Ophthalmology Department, The Affiliated Municipal Hospital of Taizhou University, Taizhou, 318000, People's Republic of China.

^# Contributed equally.

Haomin Sun et al. Nat Sci Sleep. 2025.

. 2025 Jan 24:17:165-166.

doi: 10.2147/NSS.S512759. eCollection 2025.

¹ The Third Clinical Medical College of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, 310053, People's Republic of China.
² Ophthalmology Department, The Affiliated Municipal Hospital of Taizhou University, Taizhou, 318000, People's Republic of China.

^# Contributed equally.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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