Improvement of visual function in an adult amblyope

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 82-87

  Simmers, Anita J ^a   Gray, Lyle S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Critical period; Occlusion; Strabismus; Visual function

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT; VISION;

AMBLYOPIA; OCCLUSION THERAPY; ORTHOPTICS; STRABISMUS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EYELID CLOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; OPTOMETRY; ORTHOPTICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033083653     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199902000-00014     Document Type: Article

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