Amblyopia in astigmatic preschool children

Vision Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1081-1090

  Dobson, Velma ^a,b   Miller, Joseph M ^a,c   Harvey, Erin M ^a,b   Mohan, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Children; Meridional amblyopia; Refractive amblyopia

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0037379967     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(03)00014-2     Document Type: Article

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