Albinism: Its implications for refractive development

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Wildsoet, Christine F ^a   Oswald, Peter J ^b   Clark, Simon ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MYOPIA; OCULAR ALBINISM; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBINISM, OCULAR; ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033987468     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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