TY - JOUR
T1 - Lid suture myopia in developing chicks
T2 - Optical and structural considerations
AU - Yinon, U.
AU - Koslowe, K. C.
AU - Lobel, D.
AU - Landshman, N.
AU - Barishak, Y. R.
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - In a group of chickens studied after lid suture in the first month post hatching an unusually high myopia was found (n=8 eyes; average: -21.87 Diopters). The non-operated eyes of these chicks had the same optical properties (n=4; +0.93 Diopters) as the eyes of the normal control chicks (n-12; +0.81 Diopters). Although enlargement of the whole eye occurred, the main determinant was an axial elogation (operated eyes, 18.0 mm; non-operated, 13.7 mm; normal controls, 14.7 mm). The axial change involves an enlargement of the posterior as well as the anterior segments of the eye. Despite several structural characteristics specific to chicks, their eyes can serve as a model for myopia research.
AB - In a group of chickens studied after lid suture in the first month post hatching an unusually high myopia was found (n=8 eyes; average: -21.87 Diopters). The non-operated eyes of these chicks had the same optical properties (n=4; +0.93 Diopters) as the eyes of the normal control chicks (n-12; +0.81 Diopters). Although enlargement of the whole eye occurred, the main determinant was an axial elogation (operated eyes, 18.0 mm; non-operated, 13.7 mm; normal controls, 14.7 mm). The axial change involves an enlargement of the posterior as well as the anterior segments of the eye. Despite several structural characteristics specific to chicks, their eyes can serve as a model for myopia research.
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U2 - 10.3109/02713688209020025
DO - 10.3109/02713688209020025
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AN - SCOPUS:0020341665
SN - 0271-3683
VL - 2
SP - 877
EP - 882
JO - Current Eye Research
JF - Current Eye Research
IS - 12
ER -