Unifying concepts in mechanism of amblyopia

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-102

  Tong, L M ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANATOMY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STRABISMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031081511     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(97)90275-9     Document Type: Article

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