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Predictors and a remedy for noncompliance with amblyopia therapy in children measured with the occlusion dose monitor.

Sjoukje E Loudon, Maria Fronius, Caspar W N Looman, Musarat Awan, Brigitte Simonsz, Paul J van der Maas, and Huibert J Simonsz

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47(10):4393-400 (2006) PMID 17003431

Noncompliance is one of the limiting factors in the success of occlusion therapy for amblyopia. Electronic monitoring was used to investigate predictors of noncompliance, and, in a prospective randomized clinical trial, determined the effectiveness of an educational program.

DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1428
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