Laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy for anisometropic amblyopia in children: Outcomes at 1 year

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2028-2034

  Astle, William F ^a   Rahmat, Jamalia ^a   Ingram, April D ^a   Huang, Peter T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; INFANT; KERATECTOMY, SUBEPITHELIAL, LASER-ASSISTED; MALE; MYOPIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 36348940934     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.07.024     Document Type: Article

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