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Introduction
Despite the continuing threat of amblyopia, the prognosis for a good visual outcome after cataract surgery in children has improved dramatically during the past two decades. We have not only improved our understanding of the sensitive periods for the development and reversal of amblyopia, but also refined both the surgical techniques used during cataract removal and the options for the optical correction of the resulting aphakia.1
AUTHORS
The authors are from the Miles Center for Pediatric Ophthalmology, Storm Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
Originally submitted April 15, 2002.
Accepted for publication October 2, 2002.
Address reprint requests to M. Edward Wilson, Jr., MD, MUSC - Storm Eye Institute, 167 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425-5536.
Supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc., New York, New York; and National Institutes of Health EY014793.
The authors have no industry relationships to disclose.
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