Duration of form deprivation and visual outcome in infants with bilateral congenital cataracts

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-34

  Jain, Saurabh ^a   Ashworth, Jane ^a   Biswas, Susmito ^a   Lloyd, I Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENSECTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FIXATION, OCULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77749264255     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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