Myopia, axial length, and OCT characteristics of the macula in Singaporean children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2773-2781

  Luo, Hai Dong ^a,b   Gazzard, Gus ^c   Fong, Allan ^d   Aung, Tin ^a,e   Hoh, Sek Tien ^d   Loon, Seng Chee ^a,e   Healey, Paul ^f   Tan, Donald T H ^a,d   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,g   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; EYE; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOLOGY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SINGAPORE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 33746738322     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1380     Document Type: Article

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