Recovery of stereo acuity in adults with amblyopia

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Astle, Andrew T ^a   McGraw, Paul V ^a   Webb, Ben S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CASE REPORT; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SPECTACLES; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 79955381610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.07.2010.3143     Document Type: Article

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