MEPEDS: Older children more likely to develop strabismus, amblyopia

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There is no difference in the prevalence of amblyopia and strabismus in a population of Hispanic and African-American children preschool children and the prevalence of the two pathologies increases with age, according to Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles.

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