Electronic monitoring of occlusion treatment for amblyopia in patients aged 7 to 16 years

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 247, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1401-1408

  Fronius, Maria ^a   Bachert, Iris ^a   Lüchtenberg, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Anisometropia; Compliance; Occlusion dose monitor; Occlusion treatment; ODM; Plasticity; Strabismus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; MONITOR; OCCLUSION DOSE MONITOR; OCCLUSION THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; THERAPY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; ELECTRONICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 69549121769     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1090-x     Document Type: Article

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