RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Anisometropia in children: analysis of a hospital population.
JF British Journal of Ophthalmology
JO Br J Ophthalmol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP 504
OP 507
DO 10.1136/bjo.69.7.504
VO 69
IS 7
A1 J de Vries
YR 1985
UL http://bjo.bmj.com/content/69/7/504.abstract
AB In a hospital population of 1356 children 64 (4.7%) cases of anisometropia (at least 2 diopters in spherical or cylindrical power) were found. After the exclusion of all children with ocular lesions 53 remained. Twenty-seven (42%) of them had strabismus, which seemed to be related to accommodation effort rather than amount of anisometropia. Amblyopia was present in 17 (53%) of the patients with orthotropic anisometropia. Amblyopia increased with the amount of anisometropia. Therapy in the form of spectacle correction and part-time occlusion was successful in 47%. The success rate was related to the age of presentation.