Background: We compared the wave amplitude of visually evoked potential (VEP) between patients with esotropic and anisometropic amblyopic eyes and a normal group.Methods: The wave amplitude of VEP was documented in 2 groups of persons with amblyopia (15 with esotropia and 28 with anisometropia) and 1 group of individuals with normal visual acuity (n, 15). The amplitude of P100 was recorded mono...

The Vision in Preschoolers (VIP) Study Group conducted a multicenter, multidisciplinary, two-phase study to evaluate the performance of vision screening tests for identifying pre-school children with amblyopia, strabismus, significant refractive error, or unexplained reduced visual acuity (VA). The results of the VIP Study provide evidence-based guidelines for preschool vision screening. The be...

purpose : to determine the prevalence of amblyopia and strabismus in the schoolchildren of the city of bojnourd, iran methods : in 2010, randomized stratified cluster sampling was employed in a cross-sectional study on primary and junior high schoolchildren. all the examinations were performed in schools. all students received refraction, vision and subjective refraction tests. the cover test w...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and adverse effects of oral propranolol for treatment of periocular infantile hemangioma. METHODS Participants were treated with oral propranolol 3 times daily, with outpatient monitoring of adverse effects. The starting dosage was 0.5 mg/kg/d for 1 week, then 1 mg/kg/d for the following week, then 2 mg/kg/d for the remaining duration of treatment. Serial ex...

CLINICAL CASE A 5 year-old child diagnosed with moderate anisometropic amblyopia secondary to primary cyst of iris pigment epithelium. He was evaluated with ultrasound biomicroscopy (BMU) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) of anterior segment. DISCUSSION The OCT, although with some limitations, is a useful tool to study the anterior segment. It is probably more recommendable than BMU in t...

Summary Aim : The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of amblyopia in 1310 children less than 10 years old at south east province of Tehran in 1994. Method : Diagnosis of amblyopia is based on linear snellen best corrected vision of 8/10 or less and or difference of 2 lines between eyes in children over 3 years old and behavioral difference when one eye is covered as compared...

Background: Amblyopia can drastically affect a child’s life. Recently, following shift in the view of amblyopia from that monocular disorder to binocular disorder, dichoptic video games were introduced as new treatment method. Aim: To explore role children with amblyopia. Methods: PubMed and Google Scholar screened for keywords “amblyopia” “games”, January March 2022. Only articles written Engl...

Objectives: To assess the relationship between visual rehabilitation with the quality of life and visual status in children who had been diagnosed with amblyopia in the national amblyopia screening program. Methods: Information was gathered from optometric centers in the cities of Nowshahr, Chalus, and Kelardasht, or in case it was not available, from parents of participating children. The KIN...

OBJECTIVES This study reports an application of protection motivation theory (PMT) to the prediction of parental adherence to eye patching recommendations for children with amblyopia over a 2-month period. The study also considered the role of past behaviour in PMT. DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 151 parents of children with amblyopia who were attending follow-up appointments for orthoptic tre...