Binocular summation of contrast remains intact in strabismic amblyopia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5332-5338

  Baker, Daniel H ^a,b   Meese, Tim S ^a   Mansouri, Behzad ^b   Hess, Robert F ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STRABISMUS; VISION TEST;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRABISMUS; VISION TESTS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 38449122739     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0194     Document Type: Article

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