Frequency of convergence insufficiency in optometry clinic settings

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 88-96

  Rouse, Michael W ^a   Hyman, Leslie ^b   Hussein, Mohamed ^b   Solan, Harold ^c  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence insufficiency; Exophoria; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REFRACTION; PEDIATRICS;

CONVERGENCE INSUFFICIENCY; OPTOMETRY; REFRACTIVE ERROR;

VISION;

ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTOMETRY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

CHILD; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW YORK; OPTOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032007008     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199802000-00012     Document Type: Article

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