Age dependence of ocular biometric measurements under cycloplegia with tropicamide and cyclopentolate

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 159-162

  Owens, Helen ^a   Garner, Leon F ^a   Yap, Maurice K H ^a   Frith, Michael J ^a   Kinnear, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cyclopentolate; Emmetropisation; Ocular biometry; Tropicamide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993213596     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.1998.tb06774.x     Document Type: Article

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