Slanted lateral rectus recession for exotropia with convergence weakness

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 992-996

  Snir, Moshe ^a,b   Axer Siegel, Ruth ^b   Shalev, Benjamin ^a   Sherf, Ilana ^a   Yassur, Yuval ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033505473     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00522-9     Document Type: Article

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