Myopia: Attempts to arrest progression

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1306-1311

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b,c,d   Gazzard, G ^a,c,d,e   Au Eong, K G ^b,c   Tan, D T H ^c,d,f  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; LABETALOL; PIRENZEPINE; TIMOLOL; TROPICAMIDE;

ACCOMMODATION; ACUPUNCTURE; BIFOCAL LENS; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEA SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MULTIFOCAL LENS; MYOPIA; ORTHOKERATOLOGY; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA INJURY; REVIEW; SPECTACLES;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPINE; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CHILD; CONTACT LENSES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EYE MOVEMENTS; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PIRENZEPINE; TIMOLOL; TROPICAMIDE;

EID: 0036829153     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.11.1306     Document Type: Review

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