Visual function and ocular features in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, with and without treatment with stimulants

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 494-502

  Gronlund M A ^a   Aring, E ^a   Landgren, M ^b   Hellstrom A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Research and Development Centre Hospital of Skaraborg   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPENTOLATE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA ARTERY; SIGN TEST; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 34147119174     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702240     Document Type: Article

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