Myopia: Precedents for research in the twenty-first century

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-324

  Gilmartin, Bernard ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Biometry; Epidemiology; Heredity; Myopia; Ocular

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; HIMBACINE; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MUSCARINIC M4 RECEPTOR; OXYPHENONIUM BROMIDE; PIRENZEPINE;

ACCOMMODATION; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; BIFOCAL LENS; BIOMETRY; CATARACT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HARD CONTACT LENS; HEREDITY; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LENS POWER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TWINS; VITREOUS BODY; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MYOPIA;

EID: 3142596511     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00831.x     Document Type: Review

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