Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 105-128 , March 2006

Skew Deviation Revisited

  • Michael C. Brodsky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Ophthalmology and Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint address: Michael C. Brodsky, M.D., Arkansas Children's Hospital, 800 Marshall, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202.
    • ,
  • Sean P. Donahue, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Pediatrics, and Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
    • ,
  • Michael Vaphiades, DO

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas Brandt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Münich, Germany

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 Supported in part by a grant from The Pat and Willard Walker Foundation, Jones Eye Institute, and Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. The authors reported no proprietary or commercial interest in any product mentioned or concept discussed in this article.

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