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SUBMITTER: Rutstein RP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3098928 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rutstein Robert P RP Foster Nicole C NC Cotter Susan A SA Kraker Raymond T RT Lee Dave H DH Melia Michele M Quinn Graham E GE Tamkins Susanna M SM Wallace David K DK
Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 20110321 2
<h4>Purpose</h4>To describe the amount of visual acuity degradation induced by Bangerter filters in the better seeing eye and to evaluate its stability over time in children with moderate amblyopia.<h4>Methods</h4>Visual acuity with and without a Bangerter filter was measured in the nonamblyopic eye of 186 children with moderate amblyopia who were then treated with either patching or the Bangerter filters. A 0.2 filter was used for amblyopia of 20/80 and a 0.3 filter for amblyopia from 20/40 to ...[more]