Factors Associated with Recurrence of Amblyopia on Cessation of Patching

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1427-1432

  Holmes, Jonathan M ^a   Melia, Michele ^b   Bradfield, Yasmin S ^c   Cruz, Oscar A ^d   Forbes, Brian ^e  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b JAEB CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 34547171613     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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