High prevalence of myopia in Japanese patients with multiple evanescent white dot syndrome

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 486-489

  Asano, Toshiya ^a   Kondo, Mineo ^a   Kondo, Nagako ^a   Ueno, Shinji ^a   Terasaki, Hiroko ^a   Miyake, Yozo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese; Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome; Myopia; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MALE; MULTIPLE EVANESCENT WHITE DOT SYNDROME; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; RETINA DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 6344233081     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-004-0107-6     Document Type: Article

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