High myopia progression and visual impairment in a nonselected group of Danish 14-year-olds followed over 40 years

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 239-243

  Goldschmidt, Ernst ^a,c   Fledelius, Hans C ^a,b  

^a Danish Institute for Myopia Research   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Danish Institute for Myopia Research   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; High myopia; Myopia progression; Ophthalmic complications; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; OPTOMETERS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MYOPIA PROGRESSION; VISUAL ACUITY (VA); VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL REDUCTION;

VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFRACTION ERROR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MYOPIA; PROGNOSIS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 17444398238     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OPX.0000159364.18307.38     Document Type: Article

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