Eye blink in newborn and preschool-age children

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-278

  Lavezzo, Marcelo ^a   Schellini, Silvana A ^a   Padovani, Carlos R ^a   Hirai, Flavio Eduardo ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Digital image; Eye blink; Eyelid closing time; Eyelid opening time; Newborn; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COMPLETE BLINK TIME; DIGITAL IMAGING; EYELID; EYELID CLOSURE; EYELID CLOSURE TIME; EYELID MOVEMENT; EYELID OPENING; EYELID OPENING TIME; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

BLINKING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYELIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 44849092581     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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