Noncycloplegic photorefractive screening in pre-school children with the "PowerRefractor" in a pediatric practice

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 630-639

  Schaeffel, Frank ^a   Mathis, Ute ^a   Brüggemann, Gunther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children's vision; Hyperopia; Photorefraction; Refractive development; Screening

Indexed keywords

HYPEROPIA; NONCYCLOPLEGIC PHOTOREFRACTIVE; REFRACTIVE DEVELOPMENT;

DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS;

VISION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE CARE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LIGHT REFRACTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCREENING; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MYDRIATICS; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 34447527302     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3180dc99ea     Document Type: Article

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