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Interventions for myopia control in children: a living systematic review and network meta-analysis.
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SUBMITTER: Lawrenson JG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9933422 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Interventions for myopia control in children: a living systematic review and network meta-analysis.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20230216
<h4>Background</h4>Myopia is a common refractive error, where elongation of the eyeball causes distant objects to appear blurred. The increasing prevalence of myopia is a growing global public health problem, in terms of rates of uncorrected refractive error and significantly, an increased risk of visual impairment due to myopia-related ocular morbidity. Since myopia is usually detected in children before 10 years of age and can progress rapidly, interventions to slow its progression need to be ...[more]