Reasons for delay of surgical intervention in adult strabismus

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 497-499

  Coats, David K ^a   Stager Sr , David R ^b   Beauchamp, George R ^b   Stager Jr , David R ^b   Mazow, Malcolm L ^c   Paysse, Evelyn A ^a   Felius, Joost ^b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGE; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRABISMUS; TIME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRABISMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16844367116     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.4.497     Document Type: Review

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