Contact lenses in the management of high anisometropic amblyopia

Eye

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 577-579

  Roberts, C J ^a   Adams, G G W ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Anisometropia; Contact lenses; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; OCCLUSION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREDICTION; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; STRABISMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 0036739415     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700159     Document Type: Article

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