Active treatments for amblyopia: A review of the methods and evidence base

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 287-299

  Suttle, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Atropine; Occlusion; Patching; Pleoptics; Syntonic phototherapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMAL; HUMAN; ORTHOPTICS; PHOTOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; HUMANS; ORTHOPTICS; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 77956155481     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2010.00486.x     Document Type: Review

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