Visual functions and interocular interactions in anisometropic children with and without amblyopia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 6849-6859

  Lai, Xin Jie ^a   Alexander, Jack ^a   He, Mingguang ^b   Yang, Zhikuan ^b   Suttle, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80055070522     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6755     Document Type: Article

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