Presenting features and early management of childhood intermittent exotropia in the UK: Inception cohort study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1620-1624

  Buck, D ^a   Powell, C ^b   Cumberland, P ^c   Davis, H ^d   Dawson, E ^e   Rahi, J ^c,f   Sloper, J ^e   Taylor, R ^g   Tiffin, P ^h   Clarke, M P ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h SUNDERLAND EYE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; EARLY INTERVENTION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPTICS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SPECTACLES; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXOTROPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 72449154139     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.152975     Document Type: Article

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