Treatment of astigmatism-related amblyopia in 3- to 5-year-old children

Vision Research

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1623-1634

  Harvey, Erin M ^a   Dobson, Velma ^a,b   Miller, Joseph M ^a,c   Sherrill, Duane L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Astigmatism; Children; Sensitive periods

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL MEMORY;

AMBLYOPIA; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MYOPIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2342632557     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2004.01.018     Document Type: Article

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