Role of Chronic Inflammation in Myopia Progression: Clinical Evidence and Experimental Validation

Prevention and treatment of myopia is an important public problem worldwide. We found a higher incidence of myopia among patients with inflammatory diseases such as type 1 diabetes mellitus (7.9%), uveitis (3.7%), or systemic lupus erythematosus (3.5%) compared to those without inflammatory diseases...

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Veröffentlicht in:EBioMedicine 2016-08, Vol.10 (C), p.269-281
Hauptverfasser: Lin, Hui-Ju, Wei, Chang-Ching, Chang, Ching-Yao, Chen, Ter-Hsin, Hsu, Yu-An, Hsieh, Yi-Ching, Chen, Hsuan-Ju, Wan, Lei
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Zusammenfassung:Prevention and treatment of myopia is an important public problem worldwide. We found a higher incidence of myopia among patients with inflammatory diseases such as type 1 diabetes mellitus (7.9%), uveitis (3.7%), or systemic lupus erythematosus (3.5%) compared to those without inflammatory diseases (p
ISSN:2352-3964
2352-3964
DOI:10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.07.021