Facilitation of amblyopia management by laser in situ keratomileusis in children with myopic anisometropia

Current Eye Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-286

  Ghanem, Assad A ^a   Nematallah, Ehab H ^a   El Adawy, Ibrahim T ^a   Anwar, Ghada M ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Children; LASIK

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77950823196     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713680903556551     Document Type: Article

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