Myopia and cognitive performance: Results from the gutenberg health study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 5230-5236

  Mirshahi, Alireza ^a,b   Ponto, Katharina A ^a   Laubert Reh, Dagmar ^a   Rahm, Benjamin ^a,c   Lackner, Karl J ^a   Binder, Harald ^a   Pfeiffer, Norbert ^a   Unterrainer, Josef M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b Dardenne Eye Clinic   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Educational level; Epidemiology; Myopia; Populations based study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85016009488     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.16-19507     Document Type: Article

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