Stereoacuity outcomes after treatment of infantile and accommodative esotropia

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 647-652

  Birch, Eileen E ^a,b   Wang, Jingyun ^a  

^a RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Accommodative esotropia; Infantile esotropia; Stereoacuity

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATIVE ESOTROPIA; AFTER-TREATMENT; FIRST YEAR; INFANTILE ESOTROPIA; LONG TERM STABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STEREOACUITY;

ACCOMMODATIVE ESOTROPIA; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFANTILE ESOTROPIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ESOTROPIA; HUMANS; INFANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 68049104231     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181a6168d     Document Type: Review

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