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Myopia-The Silent Epidemic That Should Not Be Ignored. 2016

Jacqueline Chua, and Tien Yin Wong
Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore2Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009216 Myopia A refractive error in which rays of light entering the EYE parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the RETINA when accommodation (ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR) is relaxed. This results from an overly curved CORNEA or from the eyeball being too long from front to back. It is also called nearsightedness. Nearsightedness,Myopias,Nearsightednesses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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