Validity of noncycloplegic refraction in the assessment of refractive errors: The Tehran Eye Study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 380-386

  Fotouhi, Akbar ^a   Morgan, Ian G ^b   Iribarren, Rafael ^c   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^d   Hashemi, Hassan ^d,e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c San Luis Medical Center   (Argentina)

^d NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

cycloplegic refraction; hyperopia; myopia; noncycloplegic refraction; sensitivity; specificity

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLOPLEGIC EYE REFRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DRUG INSTILLATION; EMMETROPIA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NONCYCLOPLEGIC EYE REFRACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOPENTOLATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYDRIATICS; MYOPIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUPIL; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINOSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION TESTS;

EID: 84861616829     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.01983.x     Document Type: Article

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