A method of treating amblyopia

作者: Lamberto Maffei , Eero Castrén , Jose Maya Vetencourt

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关键词: Depression (differential diagnoses)DrugPsychiatryPsychology

摘要: The present invention relates to a method of treating or alleviating the symptoms amblyopia. It is based on discovery that repeated administration specific drug, which known be clinically active treat depression in humans, results improved vision amblyopic eye.

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