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Clinical Trial
. 2010 Sep;128(9):1215-7.
doi: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.178.

Pilot study of levodopa dose as treatment for residual amblyopia in children aged 8 years to younger than 18 years

Michael X Repka, Raymond T Kraker, Roy W Beck, C Scott Atkinson, Darron A Bacal, Don L Bremer, Patricia L Davis, Matthew D Gearinger, Stephen R Glaser, Darren L Hoover, Daniel M Laby, David G Morrison, David L Rogers, Nicholas A Sala, Donny W Suh, Maynard B Wheeler; Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group
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Clinical Trial

Pilot study of levodopa dose as treatment for residual amblyopia in children aged 8 years to younger than 18 years

Michael X Repka et al. Arch Ophthalmol. 2010 Sep.
No abstract available

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