IMI Pathologic Myopia

• Published in: Investigative ophthalmology & visual science Vol. 62; no. 5; p. 5
• Main Authors: Ohno-Matsui, Kyoko, Wu, Pei-Chang, Yamashiro, Kenji, Vutipongsatorn, Kritchai, Fang, Yuxin, Cheung, Chui Ming Gemmy, Lai, Timothy Y. Y., Ikuno, Yasushi, Cohen, Salomon Yves, Gaudric, Alain, Jonas, Jost B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 28.04.2021
• Subjects: Special Issue

Pathologic myopia is a major cause of visual impairment worldwide. Pathologic myopia is distinctly different from high myopia. High myopia is a high degree of myopic refractive error, whereas pathologic myopia is defined by a presence of typical complications in the fundus (posterior staphyloma or m...