Assessment of contrast sensitivity in children aged 3 years 9 months-6 years with normal vision, visual impairment due to ocular disease and strabismic amblyopia

Strabismus

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 79-95

  Rydberg, Agneta ^a   Han, Ying ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Contrast sensitivity function (CSF), LH 5 contrast test, visual impairment; Ocular disease; Strabismic amblyopia

Indexed keywords

SUGAR;

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRABISMUS; VISION; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032809480     PISSN: 09273972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/stra.7.2.79.646     Document Type: Article

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