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Nov 2021
28m 16s

Current Options to Prevent Myopia Progre...

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
About this episode

Drs. Pavlina Kemp and Matthew Weed offer clinical pearls on current options for preventing myopia progression, ranging from topical therapy with atropine to orthokeratology to lifestyle or environmental measures.

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