Myopia progression in children wearing spectacles vs. switching to contact lenses

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 741-747

  Marsh Tootle, Wendy L ^a   Li, Ming Dong ^b   Hyman, Leslie ^b   Gwiazda, Jane ^c   Weise, Katherine K ^a   Dias, Lynette ^b   Fern, Karen D ^d   Gwiazda, J ^e   Norton, T ^e   Grice, K ^e   Fortunato, C ^e   Weber, C ^e   Beale, A ^e   Kern, D ^e   Pacella, R ^e   Hyman, L ^e   Leske, M C ^e   Hussein, M ^e   Dong, L M ^e   Schoenfeld, E ^e   Dias, L ^e   Harrison, R ^e   Thomas, J ^e   Wasserman, M ^e   Chen, Y ^e   Rau, C ^e   Schnall, E ^e   Zhu, W ^e   Zhang, K ^e   Wang, Y ^e   Yassin, A ^e   Passanant, L ^e   Rodriguez, M ^e   Schmertz, A ^e   Park, A ^e   Neuschwender, P ^e   Veeraraghavan, G ^e   Santomarco, A ^e   Sisti, L ^e   Seib, L ^e   Everett, D ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent; Contact lenses; Disease progression; Follow up studies; Myopia physiopathology therapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AXIAL LENGTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRECTION OF MYOPIA EVALUATION TRIALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; MYOPIA PHYSIOPATHOLOGY THERAPY; MYOPIA PROGRESSION; REFRACTIVE ERROR; SINGLE-VISION LENS; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SPECTACLE LENS; TROPICAMIDE;

CONTACT LENSES; EYEGLASSES;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

TROPICAMIDE;

ACCOMMODATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHORIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES;

EID: 68049096173     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181a6a250     Document Type: Article

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