Objective improvement from base-in prisms for reading discomfort associated with mini-convergence insufficiency type exophoria in school children

Binocular Vision and Strabismus Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-142

  Stavis, Monte ^a   Murray, Martha ^a   Jenkins, Patricia ^a   Wood, Robert ^a   Brenham, Becky ^a   Jass, Jennifer ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Clinical trial, noncontrolled; Convergence insufficiency; Dyslexia; Exodeviations, convergence insufficiency type or pattern; Learning disabilities; Near vision; Ocular motility disorders; Prisms; Prospective study; Reading discomfort

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRABISMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHENOPIA; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EXOTROPIA; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 0036284862     PISSN: 10886281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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