A Randomized Trial to Evaluate 2 Hours of Daily Patching for Strabismic and Anisometropic Amblyopia in Children

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 904-912

  Wallace, David K ^a   Edwards, Allison R ^a   Cotter, Susan A ^a   Beck, Roy W ^a   Arnold, Robert W ^a   Astle, William F ^a   Barnhardt, Carmen N ^a   Birch, Eileen E ^a   Donahue, Sean P ^a   Everett, Donald F ^a   Felius, Joost ^a   Holmes, Jonathan M ^a   Kraker, Raymond T ^a   Melia, B Michele ^a   Repka, Michael X ^a   Sala, Nicholas A ^a   Silbert, David I ^a   Weise, Katherine K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33646904494     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.01.069     Document Type: Article

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