Levodopa-carbidopa with occlusion in older children with amblyopia

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 368-372

  Bhartiya, Prashant ^a   Sharma, Pradeep ^a   Biswas, Nihar R ^b   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Khokhar, Sudarshan K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CARBIDOPA; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMNOLENCE; STRABISMUS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; CARBIDOPA; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DOPAMINE AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036887179     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpa.2002.129043     Document Type: Article

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