Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4004952 | American Journal of Ophthalmology | 2008 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
These results suggest that the morphologic features of staphylomas worsens as the patient ages. The progression from type II to type IX probably increases the mechanical tension on the macular area of highly myopic eyes, which then leads to myopic fundus lesions.
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Authors
Huang Wei Hsiang, Kyoko Ohno-Matsui, Noriaki Shimada, Kengo Hayashi, Muka Moriyama, Takeshi Yoshida, Takashi Tokoro, Manabu Mochizuki,