Astigmatism in Chinese preschool children: Prevalence, change, and effect on refractive development

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 938-941

  Fan, D S P ^a   Rao, S K ^b   Cheung, E Y Y ^a   Islam, M ^a   Chew, S ^c   Lam, D S C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 3042799954     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.030338     Document Type: Article

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