Transillumination of iris and subnormal visual acuity--ocular albinism?
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Transillumination of iris and subnormal visual acuity--ocular albinism?
BACKGROUND A common clinical sign in children with subnormal visual acuity or slow visual development was iris transillumination. This was used as the inclusion criterion in a study of children shown to have a subnormal visual acuity in a general health examination at age 4 years. METHODS Refraction values, stereopsis, fundus photography, macular and nerve head appearance, and visual evoked r...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0007-1161
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.7.617