Treatment Outcomes of Congenital Monocular Cataracts: The Effects of Surgical Timing and Patching Compliance

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 323-329

  Wilson Jr , M Edward ^a   Trivedi, Rupal H ^a   Hoxie, Judith P ^a   Bartholomew, Luanna R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL CATARACT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; STRABISMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344064252     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0191-3913-20031101-04     Document Type: Review

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