Evidence for and against genetic testing to identify children at risk of high myopia

Jeremy A. Guggenheim; Cathy Williams

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.08.012

Evidence for and against genetic testing to identify children at risk of high myopia

Jeremy A. Guggenheim, Cathy Williams

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Chen et al (see page 1607) improve our understanding of the accuracy with which clinicians can identify children destined to develop high myopia. Given the high heritability of refractive error, it may come as a surprise that they find genetic testing does not improve prediction beyond that obtainable from cycloplegic autorefraction. Their study has implications for clinical practice.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1615-1616
Number of pages	2
Journal	Ophthalmology
Volume	126
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.08.012
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2019

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