The recent surge of research and interest, both basic and clinical, in the area of amblyopia, has resulted in advances that are now integrated with earlier findings in this new text. This text aims to satisfy the needs of the optometry student taking courses in amblyopia and abnormal binocular vision, update the information critical to the work of the experienced clinician, and provide the vision researcher working in this area with a comprehensive overview of the topic.
The recent surge of research and interest, both basic and clinical, in the area of amblyopia, has resulted in advances that are now integrated with earlier findings in this new text. This text aims to satisfy the needs of the optometry student taking courses in amblyopia and abnormal binocular vision, update the information critical to the work of the experienced clinician, and provide the vision researcher working in this area with a comprehensive overview of the topic.
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Elsevier Science & Technology
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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978-0-409-95171-4 (9780409951714)
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Professor of Optometry and Vision Science
Professor, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute
History, definitions, classifications and prevalence of amblyopia; amblyopia as a developmental disorder; sensory processing in strabismic and anisometropic amblyopia; effects of the amblyopic process upon different levels of the geniculostriate pathway; eye movements in amblyopia; accommodation in amblyopia; pupil in amblyopia; clinical diagnosis and prognosis of amblyopia; treatment of amblyopia - history and critical evaluation; further aspects in the treatment of amblyopia.
