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The effect of recent amblyopia research on current practice in the UK
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- Published on: 10 January 2011
- Published on: 10 January 2011Is patching appropriate therapy?Show More
Newsham's recent article on the management of amblyopia is timely but misdirected. Illusions concerning occlusion therapy are repeated with tourettic persistence despite a lack of supporting objective scientific evidence. (Gregson R. Why are we so bad at treating amblyopia. Eye 2002;16:461-2)
Reports of effective treatment are diminished by the number of subjects who decide to discontinue treatment. Of tho...
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