Long-term changes in visual acuity and refractive error in amblyopes

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 510-515

  Rutstein, Robert P ^a   Corliss, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Anisometropia; Follow up; Refractive error; Strabismus; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; PATIENT TREATMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ISOMETROPIC AMBLYOPES; REFRACTIVE ERROR;

VISION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOMETROPIA; CASE MIX; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 3142680805     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200407000-00012     Document Type: Review

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