Axial length of myopia: A review of current research

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Meng, Weihua ^a   Butterworth, Jacqueline ^a   Malecaze, François ^a,b   Calvas, Patrick ^a,b  

^a CHU PURPAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Axial length; Endophenotype; Genetics; Myopia; Refractive error

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; BIOMETRY; CROSS LINKING; EYE AXIS LENGTH; GENETIC TRAIT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LENS; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77957814995     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000317072     Document Type: Review

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