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Editorial
. 2007 Oct 6;335(7622):678-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39343.640938.80.

Occlusion therapy for amblyopia

Sjoukje E Loudon, Huibert J Simonsz
Editorial

Occlusion therapy for amblyopia

Sjoukje E Loudon et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Electronic monitoring of compliance shows that prescribing longer periods of occlusion is not always better

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Comment in

  • Occlusion studies are ambiguous.
    Lempert P. Lempert P. BMJ. 2007 Oct 27;335(7625):842. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39374.474745.BE. BMJ. 2007. PMID: 17962255 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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