The critical period for surgical treatment of dense congenital unilateral cataract

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1532-1538

  Birch, Eileen E ^a,c   Stager, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

Author keywords

acuity; amblyopia; congenital cataract

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT LENSES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029761053     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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