SCIENTIFIC POSTER_Mafalda Mota Purpose: Myopia (nearsightedness) is a prevalent disease. In the myopic eye the light rays focus anteriorly to the retina. High or pathologic myopia is defined as spherical equivalent refractive error greater than 6.00 diopters (D) or axial length greater than 26.5mm3. Patients with high myopia are at a greater risk of developing progressive retinal degeneration and other vision threatening pathology, such as...

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