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Last published 2024
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Brita S. Rook

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Also affiliated: Arkansas Children's Hospital (2016–2023)

3 h-index 12 pubs 55 cited

  • Child
  • Humans
  • United States
  • Vision Screening
  • Vision, Low
  • Ethnicity
  • Racial Groups
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri
  • Eye Diseases
  • Male
  • Retinal Diseases
  • Retinoschisis
  • Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures
  • Blindness
  • Vision Disorders

Biography and Research Information

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Brita S. Rook's research focuses on pediatric vision health, disparities in care, and specific ophthalmological conditions. Her work has examined trends in pediatric vision screening and access to eye care across the United States, highlighting socioeconomic and racial disparities. Rook has also investigated conditions such as pediatric pseudotumor cerebri, cranial nerve palsies, and acute angle-closure glaucoma in juvenile X-linked retinoschisis. Additionally, her research includes the effects of surgical interventions, such as horizontal rectus muscle surgery on distance-near incomitance. Rook has published eight papers and has a citation count of 22, with an h-index of 2. She collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Paul H. Phillips, Ahmed B. Sallam, and Muhammad Z. Chauhan.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 12
  • Citations: 55

Selected Publications

  • Intraocular Pressure in Children (2024)
  • Acute angle-closure in juvenile X-linked retinoschisis (2023)
    Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Socioeconomic and Racial Disparities in Vision Care Access and Impairment Among United States Children (2023)
    Ophthalmology 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • When Pediatric Headaches Are Not Benign—Eye Findings (2023)
    Children 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Five-Year Trends in Pediatric Vision Screening and Access in the United States (2022)
    Ophthalmology 23 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Preoperative Examination (2020)
  • The Effect of Horizontal Rectus Muscle Surgery on Distance-Near Incomitance (2019)
    American Journal of Ophthalmology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pediatric Cranial Nerve Palsies (2016)
    Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pediatric pseudotumor cerebri (2016)
    Current Opinion in Ophthalmology 16 citations DOI OpenAlex

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18 Collaborators 8 Institutions 1 Country

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