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Myopia

"Myopia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A refractive error in which rays of light entering the EYE parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the RETINA when accommodation (ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR) is relaxed. This results from an overly curved CORNEA or from the eyeball being too long from front to back. It is also called nearsightedness.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Myopia" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Myopia" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 180 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2021 and 2023
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