Prescribing spectacles in children: A pediatric ophthalmologist's approach

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-114

  Donahue, Sean P ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisometropia; Children; Glasses; Hypermetropia; Refractive error; Spectacles

Indexed keywords

OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETERS; PEDIATRICS; VISION;

OPTOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

DISEASE CONTROL;

ACCURACY; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MYOPIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPECTACLES; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

CHILD; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 33847070419     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318031b09b     Document Type: Review

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