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The Measurement and Treatment of Suppression in Amblyopia
Published on: December 14, 2012
Correction: The role of feedback in amblyopia treatment - a multi-centre randomised control trial
Gail D E Maconachie1,2, Michael Hisaund3, Seema Teli3
1The University of Leicester Ulverscroft Eye Unit, Department of Psychology and Visual Sciences, University of Leicester, RKCSB, PO Box 65, Leicester, LE2 7LX, UK. g.d.maconachie@sheffield.ac.uk.
Eye (London, England)
|July 21, 2026
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