The expandability of the eye in childhood myopia

Current Eye Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 65-71

  Schmid, Katrina L ^a   Li, Roger W H ^b   Edwards, Marion H ^b   Lew, John K F ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Children; Intraocular pressure; Myopia; Ocular rigidity; Wall stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

CHILD; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MYOPIA; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; SCLERA; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0038434545     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.26.2.65.14513     Document Type: Article

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