Refractive Findings in Children with Astigmatic Parents: The Sydney Myopia Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 304-306

  Ip, Jenny M ^a   Kifley, Annette ^a   Rose, Kathryn A ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTACLES;

ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 34447637127     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.03.054     Document Type: Article

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