Screening of amblyopic children and long term follow-up

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 488-492

  Latvala, Marja Leena ^a,c   Paloheimo, Markku ^b   Karma, Anni ^b  

^a Tampere Health Center   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Ophthalmology Unit   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amblyopia screening; Follow up study; Functional amblyopia; Occlusion therapy; Organic amblyopia; Pleoptics

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCHISIS; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; STRABISMUS; VISUAL DISORDER; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

EID: 0029800603     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00605.x     Document Type: Article

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