Crystalline lens and refractive development

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 86-106

  Iribarren, Rafael ^a  

^a San Luis Medical Center   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gradient refractive index; Lens power; Refractive development

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BIOMETRY; CALCULATION; CATARACT; CHILD GROWTH; EMMETROPIA; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS; LENS POWER; LIFESPAN; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EYE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFRACTION ERROR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 84928144450     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: 18731635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2015.02.002     Document Type: Review

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