title: Detecting amblyogenic diseases with the photographic Bruckner test.
abstract: The authors evaluated the photographic Brückner test for its ability to detect the main causes of amblyopia. One hundred four patients divided into four groups underwent this test: Group I, small deviation esotropia; Group II, large deviation esotropia; Group III, anisometropia; and Group IV, healthy controls. The results show high sensitivity (82%), specificity (91%), and accuracy (84%), indicating that this test could be a potential way to mass-screen pre-verbal and pre-school children to facilitate early detection of the main causes of amblyopia, when treatment is still possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carrera
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Saornil
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Zamora
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maderuelo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cañamares
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pastor