title: Amblyopia--or lazy eye.
abstract: An amblyopia, or lazy eye, is an eye that is healthy in all respects but which has defective vision, even after the fitting of correcting lenses for a refractive error. Amblyopia can be a strongly hereditary condition. The author describes the predisposing conditions and discusses methods of assessment and the effectiveness of its present treatment.
authors.affiliation: Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists, London.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fraser
mesh_terms: D000550:Amblyopia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012683:Sensory Deprivation; D016896:Treatment Outcome