The effect of parental history of myopia on children's eye size and growth: Results of a longitudinal study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 873-876

  Lam, Dennis S C ^a   Fan, Dorothy S P ^a   Lam, Robert F ^a   Rao, Srinivas K ^a   Chong, King S ^b   Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Lai, Ricky Y K ^a   Cheung, Eva Y Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARENT; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MYOPIA; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 41949103555     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1097     Document Type: Article

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