Associations between anisometropia, amblyopia, and reduced stereoacuity in a school-aged population with a high prevalence of astigmatism

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4427-4436

  Dobson, Velma ^a,b   Miller, Joseph M ^a,b,c   Clifford Donaldson, Candice E ^a   Harvey, Erin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY; AMERICAN INDIAN; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARIZONA; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 53449089276     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-1985     Document Type: Article

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