A preliminary report about the relation between visual acuity increase and compliance in patching therapy for amblyopia

Strabismus

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-82

  Loudon, S E ^a   Polling, J R ^a   Simonsz, H J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Children; Compliance; Occlusion therapy; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036408443     PISSN: 09273972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/stra.10.2.79.8143     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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3. Simonsz HJ, Polling JR. Clinical use of electronic monitoring of patch wearing in amblyopia. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2001;42:S399.