This study was conducted to examine the atropine eye drop prescription trend for children diagnosed with myopia, and to determine the factors associated with the prescription of atropine eye drops.

The short-term use of atropine eye drops to treat myopia in children did not affect long-term visual outcomes, the prospective observational ATLAS study of participants from two randomized trials ...

Children with myopia using 0.05% atropine eye drops had less myopia progression and/or less axial elongation compared with those using placebo or 0.01% atropine, though they had higher rates of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A lower dose of topical atropine controlled myopia progression in children with fewer side effects compared to ...

Oct. 27, 2004 (New Orleans) -- Giving atropine just twice a week to young children with moderate amblyopia improved vision to at least 20/25 in the "lazy eye" or at least as good as the sound eye for ...

If you peek into classrooms around the world, a bunch of bespectacled kids peek back at you. In some countries such as China, as much as 80 percent of children are nearsighted. As those kids grow up, ...

Children who took short-term topical atropine eye drops, 0.01% to 1.0%, had no difference in final refractive errors 10 to 20 years after treatment. Taking short-term topical atropine eye drops, with ...

THE use of cycloplegic agents in children at times leads to mild side reactions. Redness of the eyes, edema of the eyelids or a brief, moderate elevation in temperature is encountered. Less common, ...

Compared with placebo, low-dose atropine (0.01%) eyedrops may slow myopia (nearsightedness) progression and axial elongation in Chinese children with low and moderate myopia. It is estimated that by ...

Patients with Down's syndrome respond with abnormally great mydriasis to conjunctivally instilled atropine. This finding has been attributed to a structural anomaly of the Iris. To define the systemic ...