Journal of AAPOS
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 224-229 , June 2004

How often are spectacles prescribed to “normal” preschool children?

  • Sean P Donahue, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Tennessee Lions' Eye Center at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, Departments of Ophthalmology, Pediatrics, and Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Sean P. Donahue, MD, PhD, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 1211 21st Avenue South, 104 Medical Arts Building, Nashville, Tennessee 37212, USA

Received 9 March 2004 ,Revised 14 May 2004

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    Results from examination of children found not to have amblyogenic factors or other pathology. Each point represents the frequency with which a given doctor prescribed spectacles. Only doctors who per

    Results from examination of children found not to have amblyogenic factors or other pathology. Each point represents the frequency with which a given doctor prescribed spectacles. Only doctors who performed at least five examinations on children without amblyogenic factors are included (n = 39).

☆ Support in part by a Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award (SPD) Tennessee Lions Charities, Lions Clubs International Foundation, State of Tennessee.

PII: S1091-8531(04)00096-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2004.05.004

Journal of AAPOS
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 224-229 , June 2004

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