Changes in ocular refraction and its components among medical students - A 5-year longitudinal study

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 495-498

  Lin, Luke L K ^a   Shih, Yung Feng ^a   Lee, Ying Chi ^a   Hung, Por Tying ^a   Hou, Ping Kang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

axial length; myopic progression; ocular components

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

MYOPIC PROGRESSION; OCULAR REFRACTION;

VISION;

A SCAN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RETINOSCOPY; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030198965     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199607000-00007     Document Type: Article

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