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A Randomized Trial of Patching Regimens for Treatment of Moderate Amblyopia in Children

DOI

472

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0

References

2003

Year

Michael X. Repka, Roy W. Beck, Jonathan M. Holmes, Eileen E. Birch, Danielle L. Chandler, Susan A. Cotter, Richard W. Hertle, Raymond T. Kraker, Pamela S. Moke, Graham E. Quinn,
Archives of Ophthalmology

Abstract

When combined with prescribing 1 hour of near visual activities, 2 hours of daily patching produces an improvement in visual acuity that is of similar magnitude to the improvement produced by 6 hours of daily patching in treating moderate amblyopia in children aged 3 to 7 years.