Journal Reviews

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Myopia in Han Chinese

2 February 2024 | | Cataract and Refractive | Han Chinese, Myopia-associated genes, High myopia, retinal nervous system, single nucleotide polymorphisms

The authors present a case-control study of 361 patients with high myopia (mean spherical equivalent of -6.0DS or lower, and axial length greater than or equal to 26mm) and 749 healthy controls (mean spherical equivalent -1.0 to +1.0DS). They tested...

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Rare presentation of giant cell arteritis in Chinese subjects

1 September 2023 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy, Chinese, central retinal artery occlusion, Giant cell arteritis, ocular ischaemic syndrome, posterior ischaemic optic neuropathy

Only a few case reports of biopsy-proven GCA (BpGCA)-associated vision loss in Chinese subjects have been published. This paper presents three elderly Chinese subjects with BpGCA who presented with vision loss. A search of the literature was also conducted to...

Which factors predispose to pingecula development in a rural Chinese population?

1 June 2015 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit | Chinese, pinguecula, population-based study, prevalence, rural

The authors report a cross-sectional study which aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors for developing pingecula in a rural Chinese population near Shanghai. Nine hundred and fifty-nine persons were recruited from a single village and asked to complete...