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  1. Andrew C Browning1,
  2. Elizabeth Anne Stewart2,
  3. Winfried M Amoaku2
  1. 1Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
  2. 2Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
  1. Correspondence to Winfried M Amoaku, Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Nottingham, B Floor, Eye and ENT Building, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK; winfried.amoaku{at}nottingham.ac.uk

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-301800

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