Emmetropisation, axial length, and corneal topography in teenagers with Down's syndrome

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 793-796

  Doyle, Stephen J ^a   Bullock, John ^a   Gray, Cath ^a   Spencer, Alison ^a   Cunningham, Cliff ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BINOCULAR VISION; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MYOPIA; ORTHOPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP;

EID: 0031819259     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.7.793     Document Type: Article

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