[Amblyopia from anisometropia without strabismus].
Fifty non-strabismic children with primary anisometropia were reviewed retrospectively. At entry, patients ranged in age from 1 to 10 years with an average of 4.5 years. The follow-up ranged from 0.5 to 9 years with an average of 3.5 years. Criteria for inclusion were a difference in refractive error between the two eyes of at least 1.00 D of spherical value and/or 0.75 D of cylindrical value. In all cases, anisometropia was totally corrected by prescribing glasses. Anisometropic amblyopia was considered to be present when isoacuity at far was not reached despite the glasses, part-time occlusion therapy of the good eye was prescribed. Amblyopia was present in 86% of the patients and was found with all types of anisometropia. It was more severe in anisohyperopia and/or anisoastigmatism. After adequate treatment, amblyopia was clinically cured or less severe in 78% of the patients.
Yuksel
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Service d'ophtalmologie, UCL Louvain-en-Woluwé.
Spiritus
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Vandelannoitte
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Hoffmann
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D000550:Amblyopia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015858:Anisometropia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012683:Sensory Deprivation; D013285:Strabismus / Q000150:complications; D014792:Visual Acuity