Vision screening in infants and children
Open Access
- 1 July 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Paediatrics & Child Health
- Vol. 3 (4), 261-262
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/3.4.261
Abstract
Periodic visual screening in paediatrics has been traditionally directed at preschoolers for the early detection of amblyopia (a reduction in the quality of central corrected vision resulting from a disturbance in retinal image formation) (1). The two most common causes of this visual loss are strabismus and unequal refractive error. Amblyopia has a prevalence of approximately 1% to 5% and is the leading cause of unilateral vision loss in the 20- to-70-year-old age group.Keywords
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