Factors relating to visual acuity in children who have been treated for convergent squint.
Retrospective analysis of a selected sample of children who presented with convergent squint has shown that abnormal meridional hypermetropia (3.5 D or more) at age 1 was the principal factor associated with severe amblyopia (6/24 or less) remaining after conventional treatment. Neither the reported age of onset nor delay in presentation influenced the final visual outcome.
Ingram
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RM
Kettering District General Hospital, Northants.
Walker
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Billingham
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Lucas
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Dally
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D000550:Amblyopia / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004948:Esotropia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014792:Visual Acuity