Is myopia a failure of homeostasis?

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-24

  Flitcroft, D I ^a  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Emmetropization; Eye growth; Homeostasis; Myopia

Indexed keywords

ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA OPACITY; EMMETROPIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE COLOR; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH; HISTOGRAM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LENS POWER; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR;

EMMETROPIZATION; EYE GROWTH; HOMEOSTASIS; MYOPIA;

ANIMALS; EMMETROPIA; EYE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 84881312864     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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