Surgical intervention in childhood intermittent exotropia: Current practice and clinical outcomes from an observational cohort study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1291-1295

  Buck, Deborah ^a   Powell, Christine J ^b   Sloper, John J ^c   Taylor, Robert ^d   Tiffin, Peter ^e   Clarke, Michael P ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e SUNDERLAND EYE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT STRABISMUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWCASTLE CONTROL SCORE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOACUITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EXOTROPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84867088206     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-301981     Document Type: Article

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