title: Refractive amblyopia: a differential diagnosis.
abstract: The diagnostic characteristics of refractive amblyopia are discussed and compared to those of strabismic amblyopia. Those characteristics which have appeared in the literature include refractive error type, suppression pattern, fixation type, crowding phenomenon, effect of illumination on visual acuity, color vision and electrodiagnostic tests.
mesh_terms: D000550:Amblyopia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000150:complications; D013285:Strabismus / Q000150:complications; D014792:Visual Acuity