Anisometropia in children from infancy to 15 years

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3782-3787

  Deng, Li ^a   Gwiazda, Jane E ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMMETROPIA; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; MYOPIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANISOMETROPIA; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMMETROPIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINOSCOPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84865847816     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8727     Document Type: Article

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