Highly precise eye length measurements in children aged 3 through 12 years

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 985-990

  Quinn, Graham E ^a,b   Francis, Ellie L ^a,b   Nipper, Karen S ^a   Flitcroft, D Ian ^c   Ying, Gui shuang ^b   Rees, Renee C ^b   Schmid, Gregor F ^d   Maguire, Maureen G ^b   Stone, Richard A ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Children's University Hospital   (Ireland)

^d PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORNEA; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITOR; OPERATOR; OPTIC TRACT; PARTIAL COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EYE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037587741     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.121.7.985     Document Type: Article

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