Photoscreening for refractive errors in children and young adults with severe learning disabilities using the mti photoscreener

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 363-368

  Watts, Patrick ^a   Walker, Karen ^a   Beck, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Photoscreener; Refractive errors; Severe learning disabilitie

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; LIGHT REFRACTION; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORTHOPTICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; PUPIL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY; SCHOOL; SCREENING TEST; STRABISMUS;

EID: 0032776358     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.92     Document Type: Article

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