Visual outcome following the reduction or cessation of patching therapy after early unilateral cataract surgery

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1071-1074

  Lambert, Scott R ^a   Plager, David A ^c   Lynn, Michael J ^b   Wilson, M Edward ^d  

^a EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; PATCHING THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 49449096864     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.8.1071     Document Type: Article

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