Recovery in microtropia: Implications for aetiology and neurophysiology

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-231

  Cleary, Marie ^a,b   Houston, Charlotte Anne ^a   McFadzean, Robert M ^a   Dutton, Gordon N ^c  

^a Glasgow Eye Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031967270     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.3.225     Document Type: Article

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