Compliance with occlusion therapy for childhood amblyopia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 6158-6166

  Wallace, Michael P ^a   Stewart, Catherine E ^a   Moseley, Merrick J ^a   Stephens, David A ^b   Fielder, Alistair R ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Compliance; Occlusion; Occlusion dose monitors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFRACTION ERROR; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

AMBLYOPIA; COMPLIANCE; OCCLUSION; OCCLUSION DOSE MONITORS;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; AMBLYOPIA; BANDAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SENSORY DEPRIVATION;

EID: 84884491027     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-11861     Document Type: Article

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