Myopia Updates II: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Myopia, 1998 (International Conference on Myopia Proceedings)

The incidence of myopia continues its rapid rise worldwide, and although the mechanism has not been fully clarified, there has been a significant increase in knowledge of the condition in recent years. Important questions about myopia are being posed by researchers across a broad spectrum of disciplinesfrom psychology to molecular biology, from corneal surgery to retinal physiology, and from genetics to experimental optics. The Seventh International Conference on Myopia, held in Taipei in November 1998, provided a forum for researchers and practitioners to make presentations and participate in discussions of their latest findings. Many doctors from Asian countries, where the incidence of myopia is particularly high, reported the results of their work. Myopia Updates II presents the latest information on epidemiology, risk factors, complications, experimentation, and treatment, and is a valuable resource for all who are interested in myopia and ocular growth. The book contains black-and-white illustrations. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Patterns of Myopia in the Barbados Eye Study....Pages 3-6 Morbidity of Myopia among Schoolchildren in Taiwan....Pages 7-10 University Myopia: A Comparison between Scandinavian and Asian Findings....Pages 11-15 Epidemiological Studies on Multiple Risk Factors for Myopia in Taiwan: Gene-Environment Interaction....Pages 17-20 Long-term Connection of Myopic Progression with Different Background Variables....Pages 21-23 Progression of School Myopia from Its Onset at the Mean Age of 10.9 Years: 13-Year Follow-up Study....Pages 25-28 Front Matter....Pages 29-29 Myopia and Significant Visual Impairment: Global Aspects....Pages 31-37 Retinal Lattice Degeneration and Traction Tear of Myopia in High School Students....Pages 39-42 Longitudinal Follow-up of Lacquer Cracks in Myopic Maculopathy Using Digitized Indocyanine Green Angiography and Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy....Pages 43-45 Degenerative Changes of Retinal Pigment Epithelium-Bruch’s membrane-Choriocapillaris Complex in Form-deprivation Myopia in Chicks....Pages 47-49 Is Astigmatism Related to Emmetropization and the Development of Myopia in Children?....Pages 51-54 Increase of Myopia—Possible Interaction of Environmental Chemicals....Pages 55-58 Tonic Accommodation and Refractive Change in Children....Pages 59-60 Study of the Ophthalmic VDT Syndrome: Accommodative Function and Pupillary Response....Pages 61-62 VDT Work and Refraction of Junior High School Students....Pages 63-66 Optic Nerve Disc in Myopic Children with Increased Intraocular Pressure....Pages 67-69 Intraocular Pressure and Myopia: Circular Optical Coherence Tomographic Features of the Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in Myopes....Pages 71-72 Developmental Mechanism of Low Myopia and Its Treatment....Pages 73-76 Short Wavelength Sensitivity Measured in Myopia by Visually Evoked Cortical Potentials....Pages 77-79 Changes in the Modulation and Critical Flicker Frequency in High Myopia Patients....Pages 81-82 Front Matter....Pages 29-29 Increased Amplitude of the Dark Adapted ERG in Experimental Myopia in Chicks....Pages 83-84 Use of Scheimpflug Photography to Estimate Residual Astigmatism....Pages 85-86 Can Autorefractors Be Trusted to Test for Myopia in Children?....Pages 87-87 Myopia: Nature, Nurture, and the Blur Hypothesis....Pages 89-93 Diabetes, Thyroid Disease, and Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Association with Myopia?....Pages 95-99 Erroneous Ocular Axis Theory Developed Based on Donders’ Report....Pages 101-105 Front Matter....Pages 107-107 Limitations of the Emmetropization Process in Infant Monkeys....Pages 109-112 Influence of Controlled Viewing Conditions on Emmetropization to Imposed Myopic Defocus in the Chick....Pages 113-118 Lens Substitution During Compensation for a Minus Lens: A Paradigm for Assessing Visual Stimuli That Regulate Axial Elongation and Refractive State....Pages 119-122 Effects of Age and Refractive Error on the Optical Quality of the Avian Crystalline Lens....Pages 123-124 Role of Uveal Melanocytes in the Development of Myopia....Pages 125-126 Distinctive Mechanisms Regulating Corneal and Scleral Growth....Pages 127-130 Effect of TGF- β and cAMP-elevating Agents on the Growth of Human Scleral Fibroblasts In Vitro ....Pages 131-132 A review of Myopia Studies in Taiwan....Pages 133-138 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Surgical Results of Photorefractive Keratectomy Using Different Operative Modes....Pages 141-144 Scleral Reinforcement in Children with a Severe Myopia....Pages 145-148 Foveal Translocation with Scleral Shortening in Patients with Myopic Neovascular Maculopathy....Pages 149-150 Can Myopia Progression Be Controlled?....Pages 151-155 How We Control the Myopia of Our Own Children....Pages 157-159 Design and Statistical Analysis for the Myopia Intervention Trial in Taiwan....Pages 161-164 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Effect of Mydrin-P Versus Atropine on the Refractive Errors of Myopic Children....Pages 165-166 Myopia Progression in Orthokeratology....Pages 167-167 Functional Technique for the Treatment of Progressive Myopia....Pages 169-170 Antioxidant Therapy of Progressive and Complicated Myopia in Children....Pages 171-172 Back Matter....Pages 173-174