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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology)  2006, Vol. 7 Issue (11): 6-    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2006.B0884
    
Spectacle correction of heterophoria in hyperopic amblyopic children
LIU Xi, LI Yu-min, LI Yang
Ophthalmic Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China; Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
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Abstract  Objective: To test the effects of corrective spectacles in hyperopic amblyopic children with heterophoria. Methods: Visual acuity, refraction and the amount of heterophoria on near (33 cm) fixation were measured before and after 3 weeks of spectacle-wearing in 30 hyperopic amblyopic children with heterophoria. The control group consisted of 20 emmetropic children age-matched to the patients. Results: Uncorrected eyes displayed hyperopic amblyopia accompanied by heterophoria. Corrective spectacles not only attenuated the hyperopia and amblyopia, but also changed the heterophoria to orthophoria. The amount of heterophoria before wearing spectacles was significantly different from that in emmetropic children; but after correction with spectacles, it was the same as that in the emmetropic controls. Conclusion: Correction with spectacles is effective for the treatment of heterophoria in hyperopic children with amblyopia.

Key words： Heterophoria      Hyperopia      Amblyopia      Spectacles     
Received: 20 February 2006     
CLC:  R778  
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LIU Xi, LI Yu-min, LI Yang. Spectacle correction of heterophoria in hyperopic amblyopic children. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology), 2006, 7(11): 6-.

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