Management of Charles Bonnet syndrome in routine eye care services

Lee Jones¹, Dominic H Ffytche², Mariya Moosajee^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK.
² Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
³ Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK. m.moosajee@ucl.ac.uk.
⁴ Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. m.moosajee@ucl.ac.uk.
⁵ The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. m.moosajee@ucl.ac.uk.

Lee Jones et al. Eye (Lond). 2026.

. 2026 Jan 13.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-025-04215-0. Online ahead of print.

Lee Jones¹, Dominic H Ffytche², Mariya Moosajee^{3

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¹ Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK.
² Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
³ Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, UK. m.moosajee@ucl.ac.uk.
⁴ Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. m.moosajee@ucl.ac.uk.
⁵ The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. m.moosajee@ucl.ac.uk.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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