Refractive error, binocular vision and accommodation of children with Down syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-11

  Watt, Tanisha ^a   Robertson, Kenneth ^a   Jacobs, Robert John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Binocular vision; Children; Down syndrome; Refractive error; Vision

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; COMPLICATION; DOWN SYNDROME; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 84919933374     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cxo.12232     Document Type: Review

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