Does overcorrecting minus lens therapy for intermittent exotropia cause myopia?

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 638-642

  Ktishner, Burton J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032891443     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.5.638     Document Type: Article

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