Early treatment of congenital unilateral cataract minimizes unequal competition

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1560-1566

  Birch, Eileen E ^a   Stager, David ^b   Leffler, Joel ^c   Weakley, David ^b  

^a RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Children's Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTACT LENS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CONTACT LENSES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0031876204     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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