Refractive error changes in children with intermittent exotropia under overminus lens therapy Alterações nos vícios refracionais em crianças com exotropia intermitente submetidas ao tratamento por meio da hipercorreção com lentes negativas

PURPOSE: Intermittent exotropia may be decreased by stimulation of accommodative convergence. Once excessive accommodation has been related to myopia, our objective was to evaluate refractive errors changes in children under overcorrecting minus lens therapy. METHODS: A retrospective chart review of...

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Main Authors: Jayter Silva de Paula, Fuad Moraes Ibrahim, Marcia Clivati Martins, Harley Edison Amaral Bicas, Antonio Augusto Velasco e Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia 2009-12-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492009000600002