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Eye is the official journal of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. It aims to provide the practising ophthalmologist with information on the latest clinical and laboratory-based research.
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... 4-year-old boy was born at 27 weeks gestation to non consanguineous parents. He was subsequently found to have a cosmetically noticeable left microphthalmic eye with an opaque vitreous and cataract (Fig. 1). The right At the age of 2 years his right eye was highly myopic and had a visual acuity of 6/9 with a correction of -5.00 DS/ + 1.00 Dcx90. The left eye had no perception of light. A prescription of +5.00 DS was given for this eye, which served as a counterbalance for the right lens and also had the effect of magnifying the ...
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