Treatment of unilateral visual impairment on preschool vision screening: Preschool vision screening should continue, perhaps earlier
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Randomised controlled trial of treatment of unilateral visual impairment detected at preschool vision screening.
OBJECTIVES To test the efficacy of treatment for unilateral visual loss detected by preschool vision screening and the extent to which effectiveness varies with initial severity. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial of full treatment with glasses and patching, if required, compared with glasses only or no treatment. Masked assessment of best corrected acuity after one year of follow up. SETTI...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0959-8138,1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7435.348