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Cochrane Eye and Vision Group
  1. Y C Yap,
  2. S Fraser,
  3. R Wormald
  1. Correspondence to Dr Yew Chong Yap, Department of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, 162 City Road, London EC1V 2PD, UK; eyapyc{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300889

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