Binocular training reduces amblyopic visual acuity impairment

Strabismus

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Mansouri, B ^a   Singh, P ^a   Globa, A ^b   Pearson, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Binocular vision; Treatment; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR TRAINING; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REHABILITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84896820850     PISSN: 09273972     EISSN: 17445132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273972.2013.877945     Document Type: Article

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