The association of astigmatism and spherical refractive error in a high myopia cohort

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 244-247

  Heidary, Gena ^a   Ying, Gui Shuang ^a   Maguire, Maureen G ^a   Young, Terri L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; High myopia; Oblique astigmatism; Refractive error; With the rule astigmatism

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DISEASES; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT REFRACTION; PATIENT TREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASTIGMATISM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 17444401779     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OPX.0000159361.17876.96     Document Type: Article

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