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Section Edited by Virender Sachdeva
This section will consider studies on all aspects of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus, including prevention, diagnosis and management of strabismus ocular disease in children, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology and epidemiology. The section particularly welcomes prospective clinical studies, especially randomized controlled trials.
Case report
This is the youngest case of Coats’ disease, in terms of postmenstrual age (PMA), to be reported in the literature. This case highlights the remarkable variations in the clinical manifestations and the very ea...
BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:145
Published on: 16 August 2017
Research article
To analyze the surgical outcomes for patients diagnosed with acquired nonaccommodative esotropia (ANAET).
BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:130
Published on: 24 July 2017
Research article
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the lifestyle and body stature are significantly associated with the axial length (AL) of the eyes of Japanese third grade students.
BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:123
Published on: 12 July 2017
Research article
BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:117
Published on: 5 July 2017
Research article
The gold standard treatments in amblyopia are penalizing therapies, such as patching or blurring vision with atropine that are aimed at forcing the use of the amblyopic eye. However, in the last years, new the...
BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:105
Published on: 28 June 2017
Research article
Myopia is a leading cause of preventable blindness. Although, multiple cross-sectional epidemiological studies have confirmed that there is a high prevalence of myopia in high school-aged students in China. Ho...
BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:88
Published on: 12 June 2017
Case report
Duane retraction syndrome (DRS) consists of abduction deficit, globe retraction and upshoots or downshoots with adduction. The abducens nerve on the affected side is absent in type 1 DRS. After bilateral media...
BMC Ophthalmology 2017 17:75
Published on: 19 May 2017
Research article
The inclusion for rehabilitation of visually impaired children is partly based on the measurement of near vision, but guidelines for near visual acuity assessment are currently lacking. The twofold purpose of ...
BMC Ophthalmology 2016 16:215
Published on: 8 December 2016
Research article
Ocular signs of Fabry disease can be seen in the first decade of life.
BMC Ophthalmology 2016 16:202
Published on: 16 November 2016
Research article
A significant increase in myopia among children and teenagers can be observed all over the world. Yet at the same time, there is still an insignificant number of studies concerning this health problem.
BMC Ophthalmology 2016 16:201
Published on: 14 November 2016
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Refractive errors, strabismus, nystagmus, amblyopia, and cortical visual impairment are observed in 50 to 90 % of patients with cerebral palsy. Ocular abnormalities are known to differ according to cerebral pa...
BMC Ophthalmology 2016 16:195
Published on: 8 November 2016
Research article
In 2014, the overall rate of smartphone use in Korea was 83 and 89.8 % in children and adolescents. The rate of smartphone use differs according to region (urban vs. rural) and age (younger grade vs. older gra...
BMC Ophthalmology 2016 16:188
Published on: 28 October 2016
Case report
Sixth (abducens) nerve palsy (ANP) is far less frequent in children and has not been reported as a sign of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM). We present an infant case of ADEM with bilateral abducens...
BMC Ophthalmology 2016 16:185
Published on: 26 October 2016
Research article
Postoperative adhesion is one of the major complications of strabismus surgery and result in motility dysfunction that brings unpredictable surgical outcomes. However, there was no definitely accepted treatmen...
BMC Ophthalmology 2016 16:166
Published on: 21 September 2016
Research article
Myopia has become a significant global public health concern, and is highly prevalent worldwide especially in Asian countries. It is associated with genetic factors as well as socioeconomic status; however, th...
BMC Ophthalmology 2016 16:151
Published on: 31 August 2016
Research article
To investigate the effectiveness of orthokeratology (ortho-k) in reducing the development of myopia in Chinese children with low to moderate myopia.
BMC Ophthalmology 2016 16:126
Published on: 27 July 2016
Case report
Cyclic strabismus is a very rare condition of ocular motility characterized by alternating strabismus and orthotropia. We report a patient with a 48-h cycle of vertical deviation associated with dysthyroid oph...
BMC Ophthalmology 2016 16:119
Published on: 22 July 2016
Research article
Myopia-related maculopathy is one of the leading causes of blindness in the world. The prevalence of myopia has been reported as high as 90 % in some Asian countries. Therefore, controlling myopia progression ...
BMC Ophthalmology 2016 16:114
Published on: 19 July 2016
Research article
The aim of this study was to investigate the type of exotropia (XT) based on the distance-near (D/N) difference in recurrent XT after bilateral lateral rectus (BLR) recession to treat intermittent XT (IXT) to ...
BMC Ophthalmology 2016 16:97
Published on: 8 July 2016
Case report
Iris tumors are rare in young patients. When an iris lesion occurs in a pediatric patient, it can be difficult to classify because of the wide spectrum of iris proliferations.
BMC Ophthalmology 2016 16:89
Published on: 15 June 2016
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