Axial length, corneal radius, and age of myopia onset

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-96

  Gonzalez Blanco, Felix ^a   Sanz Ferńandez, Juan Carlos ^a   Muńoz Sanz, Miguel Angel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Escuela Universitaria de Optica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axial length; Corneal radius; Emmetropia; Myopia; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRICS; ERROR ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE;

AXIAL LENGTH; CORNEAL RADIUS; REFRACTIVE ERROR;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN;

EID: 39849100081     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181622602     Document Type: Article

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