title: [Childhood refraction: epidemiology, progression, evaluation and a method for correcting ametropia].
abstract: Children's refraction and its progression are important because refractive errors can be precisely corrected. Some types of simple ametropia can generate reversible perturbations after optical correction and others are amblyogenic and strabogenic ametropia. Definition, epidemiology (frequency and risk factors), progression of refraction, evaluation and an optical correction method are described.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France. danièle.denis@mail.ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Denis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benso
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wary
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fogliarini
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors