Annual changes in refractive errors and ocular components before and after the onset of myopia in Chinese children

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1478-1484

  Xiang, Fan ^a,b   He, Mingguang ^a   Morgan, Ian G ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHINESE; DISEASE COURSE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; LENS POWER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; BIOMETRY; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REGISTRIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84863314914     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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