Visual deficits in anisometropia

Vision Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-57

  Levi, Dennis M ^a   McKee, Suzanne P ^b   Movshon, J Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Anisometropia; Binocular vision; Contrast sensitivity; Spatial vision; Vernier acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78650310778     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.09.029     Document Type: Article

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