Relationship Between Anisometropia, Patient Age, and the Development of Amblyopia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Donahue, Sean P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745399267     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.02.040     Document Type: Article

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