Accommodative insufficiency is the primary source of symptoms in children diagnosed with convergence insufficiency [1]

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 857-858

  Scheiman, Mitchell ^a   Mitchell, G Lynn ^b   Cotter, Susan ^c   Rouse, Michael ^c   Borsting, Eric ^c   Kulp, Marjean ^b   Cooper, Jeffrey ^d   London, Richard ^e   Wensveen, Janice ^f  

^a PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION DISORDER; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CHILD; HUMANS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION SCREENING; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 33751069080     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000245513.51878.26     Document Type: Letter

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