Pediatric News: Screening for Lazy Eye in Children
Posted by: Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute in 2013-03 Issue, Uncategorized
After looking at more than 10 years of data, researchers now say children as young as a year old can be reliably screened for amblyopia; by using a camera that takes pictures of the eye, symptoms of the condition can be detected long before it becomes apparent, according to a study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.