Near esophoria is associated with high myopia

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 71-75

  Chung, Kah Meng ^a   Chong, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Esophoria; Exophoria; Myopia; Refractive errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244434094     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2000.tb04895.x     Document Type: Article

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