Atropine for the Treatment of Childhood Myopia

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2285-2291

  Chua, Wei Han ^a,b   Balakrishnan, Vivian ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^c   Tong, Louis ^a   Ling, Yvonne ^a   Quah, Boon Long ^a   Tan, Donald ^a,b,c  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CYCLOPENTOLATE; EYE DROPS; PLACEBO; PROXYMETACAINE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASTIGMATISM; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; MYOPIA; OPTIC DISK ANOMALY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ASTIGMATISM; ATROPINE; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 33751501384     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.05.062     Document Type: Article

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