Eye position stability in amblyopia and in normal binocular vision

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5386-5394

  González, Esther G ^a,b,d   Wong, Agnes M F ^a,b,c   Niechwiej Szwedo, Ewa ^c   Tarita Nistor, Luminita ^a   Steinbach, Martin J ^a,b,d  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BLINKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR;

EID: 84867858983     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9941     Document Type: Article

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