A review and a suggested classification system for myopia on the basis of age-related prevalence and age of onset

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1987, Pages 545-554

  Grosvenor, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Classification; Etiology; Myopia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MYOPIA; REVIEW; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 0023627019     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-198707000-00012     Document Type: Review

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