| Title | Refractive abnormalities in childhood. | | Author(s) | Greenwald MJ | | Institution | Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. mark.greenwald@seattlechildrens.org | | Source | Pediatr Clin North Am 2003 Feb; 50(1):197-212. | | MeSH | Accommodation, Ocular
Anisometropia
Astigmatism
Child
Contact Lenses
Disease Progression
Esotropia
Eyeglasses
Humans
Hyperopia
Keratotomy, Radial
Myopia
Refraction, Ocular
Refractive Errors
| | Abstract | The knowledgeable pediatrician can make a significant contribution to the management of refractive errors by aiding in the early recognition of abnormalities, making appropriate referrals, and reinforcing the ophthalmologist's recommendations to the family. If this article has focused the reader's attention and caused a few rays of light to fall on an important subject, it has achieved its purpose. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Review
| | PubMed ID | 12713113 |
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