Vision screening in children by Plusoptix Vision Screener compared with gold-standard orthoptic assessment

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 342-345

  Dahlmann Noor, A H ^a,b   Vrotsou, K ^c,d   Kostakis, V ^a,b   Brown, J ^a   Heath, J ^a   Iron, A ^a   McGill, S ^a   Vivian, A J ^a,b  

^a WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; ORTHOPTICS; PLUSOPTIX VISION SCREENER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOSCOPY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINOSCOPES; RETINOSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEO RECORDING; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 61749095383     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.138115     Document Type: Article

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