Joint technical report - Learning disabilities, dyslexia, and vision

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Handler, Sheryl M ^a   Fierson, Walter M ^b   Ruben, James B ^c   Granet, David B ^c   Blocker, Richard J ^c   Bradford, Geoffrey E ^c   Karr, Daniel J ^c   Lueder, Gregg T ^c   Lehman, Sharon S ^c   Troia, Sebastian J ^c   Murphy, Nancy A ^c   Adams, Richard C ^c   Burke, Robert T ^c   Friedman, Sandra L ^c   Kalichman, Miriam A ^c   Levy, Susan E ^c   Liptak, Gregory S ^c   McNeal, Douglas ^c   Norwood Jr , Kenneth W ^c   Turchi, Renee M ^c   Wiley, Susan E ^c   more..

^a American Academy of Ophthalmology and Learning Disabilities Subcommittee   (United States)

^b AAP Section on Ophthalmology   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Eye examination; Learning disabilities; Ophthalmology; Vision; Vision therapy

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BINOCULAR VISION; COMPREHENSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EYE FIXATION; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LENS; LINGUISTICS; NEUROBIOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PEDIATRICIAN; PHONETICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; CHILD; DISABILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 79952233326     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3670     Document Type: Review

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