In focus: The use of bifocal spectacles with children with Down's syndrome

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 514-522

  Stewart, Ruth E ^a   Woodhouse, J Margaret ^a   Trojanowska, Lidia D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Bifocals; Down's syndrome; Dynamic retinoscopy

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; BIFOCAL LENS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; EMMETROPIA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MYOPIA; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY; SPECTACLES; VISION TEST;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; DOWN SYNDROME; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 29144519419     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2005.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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