Will COVID-19 pandemic-associated lockdown increase myopia in Indian children?

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Jul;68(7):1496. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1443_20.

Authors

Muthu Sumitha¹, Srinivasan Sanjay², Vasudha Kemmanu¹, Madhav Rao Bhanumathi¹, Rohit Shetty³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
² Department of Uvea and Ocular Immunology, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
³ Department of Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Child
Coronavirus Infections / complications
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Incidence
India / epidemiology
Myopia / complications
Myopia / epidemiology*
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Quarantine*
SARS-CoV-2