Defining and measuring treatment outcome in unilateral amblyopia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1229-1231

  Stewart, C E ^a,b   Moseley, M J ^a   Fielder, A R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; EYE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AMBLYOPIA; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0141860074     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.10.1229     Document Type: Article

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