Clinical evaluation of an eccentric infrared photorefractor: The PowerRefractor

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 605-610

  Abrahamsson, Maths ^a   Ohlsson, Josefin ^a   Björndahl, Maria ^a   Abrahamsson, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amblyopia diagnosis; Child, preschool; Refractive errors diagnosis; Vision screening methods

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE; CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT; TROPICAMIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTOMETER; REFRACTOMETRY; RELIABILITY; RETINOSCOPY; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOPENTOLATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MYDRIATICS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PUPIL; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TROPICAMIDE; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 0346899567     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0420.2003.0149.x     Document Type: Article

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