Screening for suppression in young children: The polaroid suppression test

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 216-222

  Pott, Jan Willem R ^a,c   Oosterveen, Douwe K ^b   Van Hof Van Duin, Jackie ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Office   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; SCHOOL CHILD; STRABISMUS; VISION TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRABISMUS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031904622     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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