Development of refractive error and strabismus in children with Down syndrome

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1023-1030

  Cregg, Mary ^a   Woodhouse, J Margaret ^a   Stewart, Ruth E ^a   Pakeman, Valerie H ^a   Bromham, Nathan R ^a   Gunter, Helen L ^a   Trojanowska, Lidia ^a   Parker, Margaret ^a   Fraser, William I ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; STRABISMUS; VISION;

DOWN SYNDROME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; STRABISMUS;

EID: 0037337779     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.01-0131     Document Type: Article

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