Retinoscopy/autorefraction: Which is the best starting point for a noncycloplegic refraction?

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 64-68

  Jorge, Jorge ^a,c   Queirós, António ^a   Almeida, José B ^a   Parafita, Manuel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Astigmatism; Automated refractor; Orthogonal functions; Refraction; Refractive error; Retinoscopy; Subjective refraction

Indexed keywords

REFRACTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AUTOREFRACTION; CYCLOPLEGIA; RETINOSCOPY;

VISION;

CYCLOPLEGIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; AUTOREFRACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EQUIPMENT; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY;

ADULT; HUMANS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINOSCOPY;

EID: 12444257737     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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