Normal visual acuity in 17-18 year olds

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 487-491

  Ohlsson, Josefin ^a,c   Villarreal, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Nuevo Leon State University   (Mexico)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Human; Reference values; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; MYOPIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 23144440000     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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