Long term refractive outcome in eyes of preterm infants with and without retinopathy of prematurity: Comparison of keratometric value, axial length, anterior chamber depth, and lens thickness

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-143

  Choi, Mi Young ^a   Park, In Ki ^b   Yu, Young Suk ^b  

^a Chungbuk National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATOMETRY; LENS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

EID: 0034023946     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.2.138     Document Type: Article

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