Hereditary high hypermetropia in the Faroe Islands

Ophthalmic Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-15

  Fuchs, Josefine ^a,d   Holm, Kári ^b   Vilhelmsen, Kaj ^b   Rosenberg, Thomas ^c   Scherfig, Erik ^a   Fledelius, Hans C ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Department of Ophthalmology   (Faroe Islands)

^c JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

High hypermetropia; Nanophthalmos; Posterior microphthalmos; Uveal effusion

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FAROE ISLANDS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IRIDOTOMY; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; OPTOMETRY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCLERECTOMY; UVEA DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; YAG LASER; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; GENETICS; INFANT; MICROPHTHALMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INFANT; MALE; MICROPHTHALMOS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 17844373545     PISSN: 13816810     EISSN: 17445094     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13816810590918406     Document Type: Article

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