Myopia: incidence, pathogenesis, management and new possibilities of treatment
Recently, a substantial increase in the prevalence of myopia was observed. Particularly high levels of myopia were found among children. Probably, it is caused by intensive near visual work such as: reading, writing, working on a computer. In this paper the definition and classification of myopia were described. The incidence, pathogenesis, management and new possibilities of treatment of this refractive error have been given. Special attention has been paid to the results of experimental and clinical studies of drugs inhibiting the progress of myopia. // Russian Ophthalmological Journal 2014; 1:96-101.