Astigmatic Axis is Related to the Level of Spherical Ametropia

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 18-26

  Farbrother, Jane E ^a   Welsby, John W ^b   Guggenheim, Jeremy A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Conlons Opticians ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Cylinder axis; High myopia; Myopia; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

EYE CONTROLLED DEVICES; EYE PROTECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MYOPIA; OPTOMETRY;

VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; OPTOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA;

EID: 0742270389     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200401000-00006     Document Type: Article

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