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Hot off the press... Preschool vision screening in New Zealand.

12/12/2015

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Following on from Miriam Langeslag-Smith's masters: Amblyopia detection and treatment in a sample of New Zealand children, some of the results have recently been published in the BMJ open.  

http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/11/e009207.abstract

​This is the first comprehensive look into the effectiveness of the B4 school vision screening since its national implementation in 2008.  Further data on the results of treatment for these patients will be published next year. Watch this space ...


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