Aniso-accommodation as a possible factor in myopia development

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 471-479

  Charman, W N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aniso accommodation; Asymmetric convergence; Form deprivation; Myopia; Reading

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BODY POSTURE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; HEAD; LETTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CHILD; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; HEAD; HUMANS; MYOPIA; POSTURE; READING; RETINA; ROTATION; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 16544372742     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2004.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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