What is it about?
Myopia is more common among youngsters nowadays, both in Europe and in Hungary, than in the past. The article describes the frequency of myopia in Hungary in 1934, 1960, and now. Myopia now affects nearly 60% of Hungary's children and young people.
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Why is it important?
Myopia causes vision impairments, and because to its exponentially increasing prevalence, it is expected to become the leading cause of blindness in the near future unless we act immediately.
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This page is a summary of: Prevalence of refractive errors in Hungary reveals three-fold increase in myopia, International Journal of Ophthalmology, July 2022, Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO Press),
DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2022.07.19.
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