Myopia Progression among Preschool Chinese Children in Hong Kong

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-43

  Fan, Dorothy S P ^a   Cheung, E Y Y ^a   Lai, R Y K ^a   Kwok, A K H ^a   Lam, D S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Longitudinal study; Myopia; Myopic progression; Ocular biometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INCIDENCE; KINDERGARTEN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; REFRACTION ERROR; THICKNESS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 1842661615     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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