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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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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Dadaci, Z., Borazan, M., & Bozkurt, B. (2015). High myopia related to computer vision in a 14-year-old boy: A case report. Annals of Medicine and Medical Education, 2(1), 20-22. |
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Dadaci, Zeynep, Mehmet Borazan, and Banu Bozkurt. "High myopia related to computer vision in a 14-year-old boy: A case report" Annals of Medicine and Medical Education 2.1 (2015): 20-22. |
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DADACI, Zeynep; BORAZAN, Mehmet; BOZKURT, Banu. High myopia related to computer vision in a 14-year-old boy: A case report. Annals of Medicine and Medical Education, 2015, 2.1: 20-22. |