Nearpoint phoria changes associated with the cessation of childhood myopia progression

Optometry

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 764-768

  Goss, David A ^a   Wolter, Kelley L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Myopia; Phoria; Vergence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYOPIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRABISMUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; STRABISMUS;

EID: 0033255406     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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