The role of neural and optical factors in limiting visual resolution in myopia

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1713-1721

  Strang, Niall C ^a   Winn, Barry ^b   Bradley, Arthur ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial length; Myopia; Neural; Optical; Spectacle magnification; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032102378     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00303-9     Document Type: Article

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