Normal values and standard deviations for pupil diameter and interpupillary distance in subjects aged 1 month to 19 years

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-182

  MacLachlan, Colleen ^a   Howland, Howard C ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Infants and children; Interocular distance; Interpupillary distance; Pupil size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORNEA; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; INFANT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NORMAL VALUE; OPTOMETRY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUPIL; ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; EYE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IRIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PUPIL; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0036560126     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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