Visual acuity, crowding, and stereo-vision are linked in children with and without amblyopia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7655-7665

  Greenwood, John A ^a,b,c,d   Tailor, Vijay K ^b,e   Sloper, John J ^b,e   Simmers, Anita J ^f   Bex, Peter J ^g   Dakin, Steven C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Camden and Islington National Health Service Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTEROCULAR TRANSFER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; BINOCULAR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84872201231     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10313     Document Type: Article

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