Photorefractive keratectomy for anisometropic amblyopia in children

Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 102, Issue , 2004, Pages 341-372

  Paysse, Evelyn A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORNEA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HYPERMETROPIA; METHODOLOGY; MYOPIA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AMBLYOPIA; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANISOMETROPIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 17244372724     PISSN: 15456110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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