Optical Treatment Reduces Amblyopia in Astigmatic Children Who Receive Spectacles Before Kindergarten

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1002-1008

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

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

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMBLYOPIA; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRATING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; AMBLYOPIA; ARIZONA; ASTIGMATISM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67349177503     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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