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Wavefront analysis in eyes with accommodative spasm.

Sayuri Ninomiya·Takashi Fujikado·Teruhito Kuroda·Naoyuki Maeda·Yasuo Tano·Yoko Hirohara·Toshifumi Mihashi
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PURPOSE: To investigate changes of spherical aberration in eyes with accommodative spasm. DESIGN: Case reports. METHODS: Four eyes of two patients with accommodative spasm were studied. Ocular spherical aberration was measured with a Hartmann-Shack wavefront aberrometer for the central 4-mm zone. RESULTS: The root mean square values of spherical aberration were negative (-0.086 +/- 0.026 microm root mean square). However, when the spasm of accommodation was cured or treated with a cycloplegic agent, the value shifted toward positivity (0.025 +/- 0.004 microm root mean square). CONCLUSIONS: Excessive accommodative tone is manifested objectively by negative spherical aberration in eyes with accommodative spasm.

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Accommodation, OcularAdultChildCiliary BodyCorneaCorneal TopographyCyclopentolateFemaleHumansMaleMydriaticsRefractive ErrorsSpasmCase ReportsJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Sayuri Ninomiya, Takashi Fujikado, Teruhito Kuroda, Naoyuki Maeda, Yasuo Tano, Yoko Hirohara, Toshifumi Mihashi. 2003. Wavefront analysis in eyes with accommodative spasm.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9394(03)00585-3

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