A far-sighted view of myopia

Nature Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 879-880

  Wildsoet, Christine F ^a   Wong, Rachel O L ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYOPIA; ORGAN GROWTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECTACLES;

EID: 0032804813     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/11318     Document Type: Short Survey

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