Eye conditions as features of Down's syndrome in patients over 40 years of age;Trastornos oculares propios del síndrome de Down en mayores de 40 años

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1017-1021

  Castañé, Marina ^a   Boada Rovira, M ^b   Hernandez Ruiz I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^c Inst Catala de Neurociencies Apl   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ametropias; Dementia; Down's syndrome; Ocular pathologies; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BINOCULAR VISION; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EYE DISEASE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MYOPIA; NYSTAGMUS; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 17644402496     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3911.2004017     Document Type: Article

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