Pharmacological plus optical penalization treatment for amblyopia: Results of a randomized trial

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-30

  Cotter, Susan A ^a   Weakley Jr , David R ^b   Strauber, Samara F ^b   Beck, Roy W ^b   Birch, Eileen E ^b   Donahue, Sean ^b   Holmes, Jonathan M ^b   Hoover, Darren L ^b   Huston, Pamela A ^b   Melia, B Michele ^b   Repka, Michael X ^b   Wheeler, David T ^b  

^a JAEB CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; ATROPINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MYDRIATICS; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58449089878     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2008.520     Document Type: Article

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