Heart defects and ocular anomalies in children with Down's syndrome

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1367-1368

  Bromham, Nathan R ^a   Woodhouse, J M ^a   Cregg, M ^a   Webb, E ^a   Fraser, W I ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE MALFORMATION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; NYSTAGMUS; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRABISMUS; TRISOMY 21;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INFANT; MYOPIA; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRABISMUS;

EID: 0036893846     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.12.1367     Document Type: Article

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