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Myopia : animal models to clinical trials [E-Book]

Contributor(s):

Beuerman, Roger W, 1942-

Publication details: New Jersey : World Scientific, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 390 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789812832986
981283298X

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WW 320

Online resources:

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust OpenAthens account holders click here for access

Contents:

Epidemiology and risk factors -- Clinical studies and pathologic myopia -- Genetics of myopia -- Animal models and the biological basis of myopia -- Interventions for myopia.

Summary: Myopia is the most common optical disorder in the world, and is on the rise in many countries, particularly in East Asia. The impact of myopia is evident as the driving force in the development of refractive surgery and of the spectacle and contact lens industries. While myopia is often seen as a childhood disease that involves complex genetic-environmental factors, it is also a major cause of adult blindness. In Singapore (where myopia has reached one of the highest rates in the world) as well as in Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong, affected patients have greater severity of myopia, leading to add.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic book	Stenhouse Library		Link to resource	Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Epidemiology and risk factors -- Clinical studies and pathologic myopia -- Genetics of myopia -- Animal models and the biological basis of myopia -- Interventions for myopia.

Print version record.

Myopia is the most common optical disorder in the world, and is on the rise in many countries, particularly in East Asia. The impact of myopia is evident as the driving force in the development of refractive surgery and of the spectacle and contact lens industries. While myopia is often seen as a childhood disease that involves complex genetic-environmental factors, it is also a major cause of adult blindness. In Singapore (where myopia has reached one of the highest rates in the world) as well as in Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong, affected patients have greater severity of myopia, leading to add.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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