Factors influencing severity of and recovery from anisometropic amblyopia

Strabismus

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 209-214

  Caputo, Roberto ^a   Frosini, Riccardo ^b   De Libero, Cinzia ^a   Campa, Luciana ^a   Magro, Elena Febbrini Del ^a   Secci, Jacopo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Anisometropia; Binocular vision; Optical correction; Pediatric ophthalmology; Penalization therapy

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE CARE; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PENALIZATION THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 36749082198     PISSN: 09273972     EISSN: 17445132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273970701669983     Document Type: Article

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