The development and maintenance of emmetropia

Eye

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-92

  Brown, Nicholas Phelps ^a,c   Koretz, Jane F ^b   Bron, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emmetropia; Emmetropisation; Eye growth; Lens growth; Lens paradox; Refractive components

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EMMETROPIA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; LENS; LENS POWER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 0032994969     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1999.16     Document Type: Review

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