The amplitude of accommodation in 6-10-year-old children - Not as good as expected!

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 246-251

  Sterner, Bertil ^a,c   Gellerstedt, Martin ^b   Sjöström, Anders ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Institute of Clinical Neuroscience   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Amplitude; Children; Insufficiency; Subjective

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; MONOCULAR VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 4644350624     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2004.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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