Annals of Medicine and Medical Education
Volume 2, Issue 1 (March 2015), pp. 20-22

DOI: 10.12973/ejms.2015.137p

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Case Report

Published online on Mar 01, 2015

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High myopia related to computer vision in a 14-year-old boy: A case report

Zeynep Dadaci, Mehmet Borazan, Banu Bozkurt

Introduction: There is a world-wide increase in the prevalence of myopia and high myopia.
Case report : A 14-year-old boy presented to our clinic with the complaint of a reduction in his far vision for the last few months. 
Discussion: Myopia is a common refractive disorder in which the eye cannot focus light coming from the infinity properly on the retina. 

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