Does Eye Muscle Surgery Improve Vision in Patients with Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome?

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1837-1838

  Hertle, Richard W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL NYSTAGMUS; EDITORIAL; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANTILE NYSTAGMUS SYNDROME; OCULOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORTICOLLIS; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY;

EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; NYSTAGMUS, CONGENITAL; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 70349452103     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.08.009     Document Type: Editorial

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