Role of the cornea in emmetropia and myopia

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 132-145

  Grosvenor, Theodore ^a   Goss, David A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial length corneal radius ratio; Cornea; Emmetropization; Myopia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; LIGHT REFRACTION;

CORNEA; EMMETROPIA; MYOPIA;

VISION;

CORNEA; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; LENS; MYOPIA; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGING; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA;

EID: 0032005377     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199802000-00017     Document Type: Review

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