Test allows early detection of vision problems in infants with haemangiomas of eyelids

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 07:07 in Health & Medicine

In children with vascular birthmarks around the eye, even partial blockage of vision can lead to visual loss due to amblyopia. Now a simple test can detect early evidence of amblyopia in infants too young for conventional vision testing, reports a study in the April issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology published by Elsevier...

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