Visual and ocular findings in children adopted from eastern Europe

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1362-1367

  Grönlund, Marita Andersson ^a,b   Aring, E ^b   Hellstrom A ^b   Landgren, M ^c   Stromland K ^b  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Research and Development Centre Hospital of Skaraborg   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOPTION; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE HYPOPLASIA; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS; SWEDEN; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOPTION; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STRABISMUS; SWEDEN; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 7044247316     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.042085     Document Type: Article

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