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This chapter will review new concepts and practices regarding clinical management of myopia in the pediatric population. This topic has garnered significant attention in the recent years with new philosophies emerging in regards to various methods to slow myopic progression in children. Several Optics topics that are discussed in other chapters of this text will have significant relevance here.

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Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank Dr. Gary Gerber, OD, Co-Founder, Chief Myopia Eradication Officer, Treehouse Eyes; Dr Rachel M. Caywood, OD, FAAO, Dean McGee Eye Institute / University of Oklahoma; and Dr. Ashley Wong, OD, Eye Doctors of Washington for their guidance in this subject.

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  1. Clinical Pediatrics and Ophthalmology Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    G. Vike Vicente

  2. Eye Doctors of Washington, Chevy Chase, MD, USA

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  3. Center for Sight, Stockton, CA, USA

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Vicente, G.V. (2022). Myopia Control. In: Riaz, K.M., Vicente, G.V., Wee, D. (eds) Optics for the New Millennium. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95251-8_24

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