Axial Length Elongation, Not Corneal Curvature, as a Basis of Adult Onset Myopia
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Optometry and Vision Science
- Vol. 64 (2) , 150-152
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-198702000-00012
Abstract
Adult-onset myopia is most often reported in college age individuals. Its prevalence and the refractive component(s) responsible are essentially unknown; some recent studies implicate corneal curvature. Here I present a single case of adult-onset myopia over a period of 23 years in which axial elongation, and not steepening corneal curvature, is suggested as the most likely basis for the 4.50 D increase in refractive error.Keywords
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