1. Visual acuity, amblyopia, and ocular pathology in 12- to 13-year-old children in Northern Mexico.
- Author
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Ohlsson J, Villarreal G, Sjöström A, Cavazos H, Abrahamsson M, and Sjöstrand J
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- Adolescent, Albinism, Ocular epidemiology, Child, Female, Humans, Male, Mexico epidemiology, Predictive Value of Tests, Prevalence, Strabismus epidemiology, Vision Screening, Amblyopia epidemiology, Eye Diseases epidemiology, Visual Acuity
- Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this study was to establish visual acuity (VA) and the prevalence of amblyopia and other ocular disorders in a population of 12- to 13-year-old children in Mexico who have not been vision screened., Methods: A total of 1,035 12- to 13-year-old children were examined in a field study. The examination included VA, stereopsis, cover testing, refractive retinoscopy, and examination of the red reflex and posterior pole. In cases with unexplained subnormal VA, visually evoked potential/visually evoked response was also performed., Results: A >or=20/20 in at least one eye was found in 93% of the subjects. Bilateral VA
- Published
- 2003
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