Eye growth changes in myopic children in Singapore

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1489-1494

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b,c   Chua, W H ^b,c   Gazzard, G ^b,d   Koh, D ^a   Tan, D T H ^a,b,c   Stone, R A ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SINGAPORE;

ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BIOMETRY; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MYOPIA; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 27344442152     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.071118     Document Type: Article

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