Corneal biomechanics, refractive error, and axial length in Chinese primary school children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4923-4928

  Huang, Yuqiang ^a   Huang, Chukai ^a   Li, Liping ^b   Qiu, Kunliang ^a   Gong, Weifen ^a   Wang, Zhenmao ^a   Wu, Xuefen ^a   Du, Yali ^a   Chen, Bin ^a   Lam, Dennis S C ^a,c   Zhang, Mingzhi ^a   Congdon, Nathan ^a,c,d  

^a Shantou University Medical College   (China)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHINESE; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL HYSTERESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; ASIAN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHINA; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SCHOOLS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80052386318     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6211     Document Type: Article

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