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How long should you patch for? Does the answer depend on age?
How well do children adhere to treatment recommendations?
A newly published study provides some useful answers.
Orthoptist Dr Catherine Stewart of City University talks to Philip Morgan.
Philip Morgan and Catherine Stewart
References
Stewart CE et al
Objectively monitored patching regimens for treatment of amblyopia: randomised trial
BMJ 2007; 335: 707.
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Stewart CE, Moseley MJ, Stephens DA, Fielder AR on behalf of the MOTAS cooperative
The Treatment Dose-Response in Amblyopia Therapy: results from the Monitored Occlusion Treatment of Amblyopia Study (MOTAS)
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004; 45: 3048-54.
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Moseley MJ, Neufield M, McCarry B et al
Remediation of refractive amblyopia by optical correction alone
Ophthal Physiol Opt 2002; 22: 296-9.
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