Profile of anisometropia and aniso-astigmatism in children: Prevalence and association with age, ocular biometric measures, and refractive status

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 602-608

  O'Donoghue, Lisa ^a   McClelland, Julie F ^a   Logan, Nicola S ^b   Rudnicka, Alicja R ^c   Owen, Chris G ^c   Saunders, Kathryn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANISOMETROPIA; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMETRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMMETROPIA; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANISOMETROPIA; ASTIGMATISM; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CYCLOPENTOLATE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYDRIATICS; NORTHERN IRELAND; PREVALENCE; PUPIL; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 84874739566     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11066     Document Type: Article

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