TY - JOUR T1 - Incidence of loss of vision in the healthy eye in amblyopia. JF - British Journal of Ophthalmology JO - Br J Ophthalmol SP - 575 LP - 577 DO - 10.1136/bjo.65.8.575 VL - 65 IS - 8 AU - V. Tommila AU - A. Tarkkanen Y1 - 1981/08/01 UR - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/65/8/575.abstract N2 - In Finland during the 20-year period 1958-78 35 patients with amblyopia lost the vision of the healthy eye. In more than 50% the cause was traumatic. The incidence of the loss of the healthy eye was 1.75 +/- 0.30 per thousand. During the same period in Finland the overall blindness rate of children was 0.11 per thousand and of adults aged 15-64 years 0.66 per thousand. For the amblyopic patient the risk of becoming blind is markedly higher than for the general population. ER -