Deficits in perception of images of real-world scenes in patients with a history of amblyopia

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-183

  Mirabella, Giuseppe ^a   Hay, Sam ^c   Wong, Agnes M F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MONOCULAR VISION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951667826     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.354     Document Type: Article

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