Monocular and binocular reading performance in children with microstrabismic amblyopia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1324-1329

  Stifter, E ^b   Burggasser, G ^b   Hirmann, E ^b   Thaler, A ^b   Radner, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRABISMUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; CHILD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; READING; STRABISMUS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 27744580731     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.066688     Document Type: Article

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