Change in peripheral refraction over time in Singapore Chinese children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 7880-7887

  Sng, Chelvin C A ^a,b   Lin, Xiao Yu ^c   Gazzard, Gus ^d,e   Chang, Benjamin ^f   Dirani, Mohamed ^g   Lim, Laurence ^h   Selvaraj, Prabakaran ^c   Ian, Kit ⁱ   Drobe, Bjorn ⁱ   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,g,h   Saw, Seang Mei ^c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

ⁱ Essilor Asia Pacific   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; DISEASE COURSE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; TIME; VISUAL FIELD; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83455219859     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7290     Document Type: Article

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