Using Natural STOP Growth Signals to Prevent Excessive Axial Elongation and the Development of Myopia

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-20

  Morgan, Ian ^a   Megaw, P ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chicken; Contact lens; Eye growth; Myopia; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; EYE DROPS; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACCOMMODATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; GROWTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; WORK;

EID: 1842812582     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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