Editorial: Hyperopia, accommodative dysfunction and reading

Binocular Vision and Strabismus Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-70

  Simons, Kurt ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; AMBLYOPIA; BINOCULAR VISION; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; EDITORIAL; EYE FIXATION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INFANT; READING;

EID: 2642552228     PISSN: 10886281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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