A prospective study of macular thickness in amblyopic children with unilateral high myopia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2444-2449

  Pang, Yi ^a   Goodfellow, Geoffrey W ^a   Allison, Christine ^a   Block, Sandra ^a   Frantz, Kelly A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; MACULAR THICKNESS; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA FOVEA; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79956036446     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5550     Document Type: Article

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