The critical period for surgical treatment of dense congenital bilateral cataracts

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-71

  Birch, Eileen E ^a,b   Cheng, Christina ^a   Stager Jr , David R ^b,c   Weakley Jr , David R ^b   Stager Sr , David R ^b,c  

^a RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus PA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL CATARACT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE SURGERY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LATENT PERIOD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEMBRANE FORMATION; NEWBORN; NYSTAGMUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; NYSTAGMUS, PATHOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 60249103034     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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