The relationship between anisometropia, patient age, and the development of amblyopia

Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 103, Issue , 2005, Pages 313-336

  Donahue, Sean P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCREENING; STRABISMUS; TECHNOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE FACTORS; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 29944441922     PISSN: 15456110     EISSN: 15456110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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