Oculometric characteristics of extreme hypermetropia in two Faroese families

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 762-768

  Fledelius, Hans Callø ^a   Fuchs, Helle Josefine ^a   Rosenberg, Thomas ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b National Eye Clinic for the Visually Impaired Denmark   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Genetic; High hypermetropia; Keratometry; Nanophthalmos; Posterior microphthalmos; Ultrasound oculometry

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENSES; DISEASES; EYE PROTECTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING; VISION;

FAROESE FAMILIES; HYPERMETROPIA; POSTERIOR;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

A SCAN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE FUNDUS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTOMETRY; THICKNESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; DENMARK; EYE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 5444259426     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200410000-00008     Document Type: Article

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