A randomized clinical trial of treatments for convergence insufficiency in children

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-24

  Scheiman, Mitchell ^a   Mitchell, G Lynn ^b   Cotter, Susan ^c   Cooper, Jeffrey ^d   Kulp, Marjean ^b   Rouse, Michael ^c   Borsting, Eric ^c   London, Richard ^e   Wensveen, Janice ^f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOPTICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORTHOPTICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 12144262431     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.1.14     Document Type: Article

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