Baseline characteristics in the myopia progression study, a clinical trial of bifocals to slow myopia progression

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 485-492

  Fulk, George W ^a   Cyert, Lynn A ^a   Parker, Donald E ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifocals; Clinical trial; Esophoria; Myopia; Myopia progression

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EYEGLASSES; RANDOM PROCESSES; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; VISION;

BIFOCAL LENSES; ESOPHORIA; MYOPIA;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIFOCAL LENS; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032125882     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199807000-00016     Document Type: Article

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