The Nepal longitudinal study: Biometric characteristics of developing eyes

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 274-280

  Garner, Leon F ^a   Stewart, Alistair W ^a   Owens, Helen ^a   Kinnear, Robert F ^a   Frith, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Myopia; Ocular biometry; Tibetan children

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

MYOPIA; OCULAR BIOMETRY; TIBETAN CHILDREN;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

A SCAN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CORNEA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LENS; LENS POWER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; NEPAL; PHACOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; THICKNESS; VIDEORECORDING; VISION TEST; VITREOUS BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BIOMETRY; CHILD; EYE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYOPIA; NEPAL; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33744471923     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000215251.27409.16     Document Type: Article

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