Two-year follow-up of a 6-month randomized trial of atropine vs patching for treatment of moderate amblyopia in children

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-157

  Repka, Michael X ^a   Wallace, David K ^b   Beck, Roy W ^b   Kraker, Raymond T ^b   Birch, Eileen E ^b   Cotter, Susan A ^b   Donahue, Sean ^b   Everett, Donald F ^b   Hertle, Richard W ^b   Holmes, Jonathan M ^b   Quinn, Graham E ^b   Scheiman, Mitchell M ^b   Weakley, David R ^b  

^a JAEB CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; ATROPINE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYDRIATICS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 19944432806     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.2.149     Document Type: Article

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