The age-dependent effect of anisometropia magnitude on anisometropic amblyopia severity

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-156

  Leon, Alejandro ^a   Donahue, Sean P ^a   Morrison, David G ^a   Estes, Robert L ^a   Li, Chun ^b  

^a Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SELECTION BIAS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 41949117719     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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