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Refractive Error in the Geriatric Population
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In this video, Nathalie DeBolske at Baylor College of Medicine interviews Dr. Hilary Beaver about refractive error in the geriatric population, covering the unique needs of the aging eye. Topics include prevalence, identification, geriatric-specific implications, and other considerations that are unique to aging patients.
Keywords
- Age-related vision loss
- ocular diseases in aging patients
- vision loss in the elderly
- geriatric eye care
- macular degeneration
Conflict of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
About this video
- Author(s)
- Andrew G. Lee
- Hilary Beaver
- T. Ashwini Kini
- Bayan Al Othman
- Natalie DeBolske
- First online
- 22 December 2019
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22261-1_1
- Online ISBN
- 978-3-030-22261-1
- Publisher
- Springer, Cham
- Copyright information
- © The Producer(s) 2019
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