Latent nystagmus and strabismic amblyopia.
Conventional occlusion of the sound eye improved visual acuity in 11 of 12 patients with latent nystagmus and strabismic amblyopia. The successful results reported in this study are in contradiction to current views that occlusion therapy is futile or even contraindicated in patients with amblyopia and latent nystagmus.
D000550:Amblyopia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D009759:Nystagmus, Pathologic / Q000150:complications*; D013285:Strabismus / Q000150:complications*; D014792:Visual Acuity