Myopia: Animal Models To Clinical Trials - Softcover

Saw Seang Mei; Wong Tien Yin & Tan Donald T H Beuerman Roger W

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9812832971 ISBN 13: 9789812832979

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

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 additional secondary complications such as glaucoma. This book provides a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of myopia. It is aimed at ophthalmologists, optometrists, opticians, scientists and pharmaceutical companies. The topics are uniquely treated in that they cover research at the laboratory bench as well as clinical applications and population-based approaches in epidemiology.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9812832971
• ISBN 13: 9789812832979
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 420