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  1. Diagnostic Accuracy of Teacher-Administered School Vision Screening: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, August 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  2. Identifying potential therapeutic targets for high myopia via a case-control study and Mendelian randomisation analyses of the human blood metabolome

    Article • Eye, June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  3. <p>Bilateral Posterior Subcapsular Cataracts Following Treatment with Diluted Atropine Eye Drops: A Case Report</p>

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  4. One-Year Efficacy and Tolerance of Myofix Defocus Spectacles for Control of Myopia Progression

    Article • Ophthalmology and Therapy, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  5. Ethnic and dose-dependent differences in atropine efficacy for myopia control: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • British Journal of Ophthalmology, October 2025, BMJ

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  6. Visual Impairment and Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: Results from Two Prospective Cohort Studies

    Article • American Journal of Ophthalmology, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  7. A Review of Digital Eye Strain: Binocular Vision Anomalies, Ocular Surface Changes, and the Need for Objective Assessment

    Article • Journal of Eye Movement Research, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  8. Comparative analysis of cycloplegic and non-cycloplegic refraction techniques for assessing refractive error in adults: a population-based study

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Optometry, July 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca, Dr Mohammad Hassan Emamian

  9. Prevalence of myopia in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis of data from 14 countries

    Article • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, July 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  10. Non-inferiority trials in clinical ophthalmology: a systematic review

    Article • Eye, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  11. Validation of Binocular Vision and Ocular Surface Assessment Tools in Digital Eye Strain Syndrome: The DESIROUS Study

    Article • Journal of Personalized Medicine, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  12. Controversies in Myopia Control Treatment: What Does It Mean for Future Research?

    Article • American Journal of Ophthalmology, April 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  13. Role of industry sponsorship and research outcomes of myopia control interventions

    Article • British Journal of Ophthalmology, March 2025, BMJ

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  14. Myopia calculators: present and future (carla lanca)

    Article • Acta Ophthalmologica, January 2025, Wiley

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  15. Biomarkers: Promising Tools Towards the Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment of Myopia

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  16. Anti-myopia Spectacles: The Standard of Care in the Future?

    Article • American Journal of Ophthalmology, July 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  17. Myths in Myopia Epidemiology and Treatment

    Article • JAMA Ophthalmology, May 2024, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  18. Association of sleep traits with myopia in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis and Mendelian randomization study

    Article • Preventive Medicine, March 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  19. Trans-ancestral genome-wide association study of longitudinal pubertal height growth and shared heritability with adult health outcomes

    Article • Genome Biology, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  20. Prevalence of anisometropia and its associated factors in school-age children

    Article • Strabismus, January 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca, Dr Mohammad Hassan Emamian

  21. Myopia risk factors. Update 2023

    Article • Acta Ophthalmologica, January 2024, Wiley

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  22. Low vision rehabilitation program in patients with myopic macular degeneration: A case series

    Article • Acta Ophthalmologica, January 2024, Wiley

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  23. Longitudinal changes in crystalline lens thickness and power in children aged 6-12 years old

    Article • Eye, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca, Dr Mohammad Hassan Emamian

  24. Editorial: Refractive errors: public health challenges and interventions

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, October 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  25. Accommodative–vergence disorders in a paediatric ophthalmology clinical setting in Argentina

    Article • Acta Ophthalmologica, September 2023, Wiley

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  26. The outdoor time in non-myopic children has decreased to that of myopic children during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

    Article • Romanian Journal of Ophthalmology, April 2023, Societatea Romana de Oftalmologie

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  27. Effectiveness of myopia control interventions: A systematic review of 12 randomized control trials published between 2019 and 2021

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, March 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  28. The Effectiveness and Tolerability of Atropine Eye Drops for Myopia Control in Non-Asian Regions

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  29. The Roles of Vitamin D and Polyphenols in the Management of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Narrative Review

    Article • Future Pharmacology, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  30. Comment on: Development and Validation of a Novel Nomogram for Predicting the Occurrence of Myopia in Schoolchildren: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Article • American Journal of Ophthalmology, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca, Dr Mohammad Hassan Emamian

  31. Deep learning system to predict the 5-year risk of high myopia using fundus imaging in children

    Article • npj Digital Medicine, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  32. Non-Miotic Improvement in Binocular Near Vision with a Topical Compound Formula for Presbyopia Correction

    Article • Ophthalmology and Therapy, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  33. Myopia risk factors

    Article • Acta Ophthalmologica, December 2022, Wiley

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  34. Role of tutorial classes and full day schooling on self-reported age of myopia onset: findings in a sample of Argentinian adults

    Article • Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, December 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  35. Topical Review: Studies on Management of Myopia Progression from 2019 to 2021

    Article • Optometry and Vision Science, October 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  36. Editorial: Myopia: Public health challenges and interventions

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, September 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  37. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic–Related Lifestyle on Myopia

    Article • Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  38. Three-year change in refractive error and its risk factors: results from the Shahroud School Children Eye Cohort Study

    Article • Eye, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca, Dr Mohammad Hassan Emamian

  39. The Potential of Current Polygenic Risk Scores to Predict High Myopia and Myopic Macular Degeneration in Multiethnic Singapore Adults

    Article • Ophthalmology, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  40. Family-focused contextual factors associated with lifestyle patterns in young children from two mother-offspring cohorts: GUSTO and EDEN

    Article • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  41. A Clinical-Based Study on Accommodative-Vergence Disorders in Children in Argentina

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  42. Cost of Myopia Correction: A Systematic Review

    Article • Frontiers in Medicine, December 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  43. Associations of Childcare Arrangements with Adiposity Measures in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The GUSTO Study

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  44. New Polygenic Risk Score to Predict High Myopia in Singapore Chinese Children

    Article • Translational Vision Science & Technology, July 2021, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  45. Near work, screen time, outdoor time and myopia in schoolchildren in the Sunflower Myopia AEEC Consortium

    Article • Acta Ophthalmologica, June 2021, Wiley

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca, Dr Mohammad Hassan Emamian

  46. The longitudinal association between early-life screen viewing and abdominal adiposity—findings from a multiethnic birth cohort study

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  47. A Web-Based Time-Use Application to Assess Diet and Movement Behavior in Asian Schoolchildren: Development and Usability Study of My E-Diary for Activities and Lifestyle (MEDAL)

    Article • Journal of Medical Internet Research, June 2021, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  48. Rapid Myopic Progression in Childhood Is Associated With Teenage High Myopia

    Article • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, April 2021, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  49. Visual field defects and myopic macular degeneration in Singapore adults with high myopia

    Article • British Journal of Ophthalmology, April 2021, BMJ

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  50. Association of time outdoors and patterns of light exposure with myopia in children

    Article • British Journal of Ophthalmology, April 2021, BMJ

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  51. Children’s perceptions of factors influencing their physical activity: a focus group study on primary school children

    Article • International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  52. Light and myopia: from epidemiological studies to neurobiological mechanisms

    Article • Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology, January 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  53. Epidemiology of Myopia, High Myopia, and Pathological Myopia

    Article • January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  54. Myopia

    Article • Nature Reviews Disease Primers, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  55. Annual Myopia Progression and Subsequent 2-Year Myopia Progression in Singaporean Children

    Article • Translational Vision Science & Technology, December 2020, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  56. High Myopes in Singapore: 19-Year Progression from Childhood to Adulthood

    Article • Ophthalmology, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  57. A Web-Based Time-Use Application to Assess Diet and Movement Behavior in Asian Schoolchildren: Development and Usability Study of My E-Diary for Activities and Lifestyle (MEDAL) (Preprint)

    Article • November 2020, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  58. Prevalence and predictors of myopic macular degeneration among Asian adults: pooled analysis from the Asian Eye Epidemiology Consortium

    Article • British Journal of Ophthalmology, September 2020, BMJ

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  59. Comparison of myopic progression in Finnish and Singaporean children

    Article • Acta Ophthalmologica, July 2020, Wiley

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  60. Genome-wide association meta-analysis of corneal curvature identifies novel loci and shared genetic influences across axial length and refractive error

    Article • Communications Biology, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca, Mr axel petzold

  61. Associations between early-life screen viewing and 24 hour movement behaviours: findings from a longitudinal birth cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, March 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  62. Maternal Lutein and Zeaxanthin Concentrations in Relation to Offspring Visual Acuity at 3 Years of Age: The GUSTO Study

    Article • Nutrients, January 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  63. A review on the epidemiology of myopia in school children worldwide

    Article • BMC Ophthalmology, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  64. The association between digital screen time and myopia: A systematic review

    Article • Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  65. The epidemiology of myopia in school children worldwide.

    Article • Acta Ophthalmologica, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  66. The Association between Body Composition using Dual energy X-ray Absorptiometry and Type-2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational studies

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  67. Axial Growth and Lens Power Loss at Myopia Onset in Singaporean Children

    Article • Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, July 2019, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  68. The Effects of Different Outdoor Environments, Sunglasses and Hats on Light Levels: Implications for Myopia Prevention

    Article • Translational Vision Science & Technology, July 2019, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  69. Measurement of fusional vergence: a systematic review

    Article • Strabismus, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  70. A Retrospective Study of Orthoptic Students’ and Teaching Experience with the Introduction of Technology Promoting a Blended Learning Environment

    Article • British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, January 2018, White Rose University Press

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  71. Microbiota and Particulate Matter Assessment in Portuguese Optical Shops Providing Contact Lens Services

    Article • Healthcare, May 2017, MDPI AG

    Sandra Cabo Verde, Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  72. Blurred digital mammography images: an analysis of technical recall and observer detection performance

    Article • British Journal of Radiology, March 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  73. A method to determine the impact of reduced visual function on nodule detection performance

    Article • Radiography, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  74. Variability of Fusion Vergence Measurements in Heterophoria

    Article • Strabismus, April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  75. Lighting conditions and optical filters effects on visual performance of speleologists exposed to cave environments

    Article • International Journal of Speleology, January 2016, University of South Florida Libraries

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  76. Reading Performance in Children with Visual Function Anomalies

    Article • International Journal of Ophthalmology and Clinical Research, December 2014, ClinMed International Library

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  77. Strabismus, Visual Acuity, and Uncorrected Refractive Error in Portuguese Children Aged 6 to 11 Years

    Article • Strabismus, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  78. Reply to letter to the Editor: Expert Opinion on Best Practice Guidelines and Competency Framework for Visual Screening in Children

    Article • Strabismus, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  79. Expert Opinion on Best Practice Guidelines and Competency Framework for Visual Screening in Children

    Article • Strabismus, August 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca

  80. Diagnostic Performance of Visual Screening Tests in the Elderly

    Article • January 2011, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Carla Costa Lanca