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2. Matta NS, Singman EL, Silbert DI. Performance of the plusoptiX S04photoscreener for the detection of amblyopia risk factors in childrenaged 3 to 5. J AAPOS 2010;14:147-9.

Seeing is Believing

As soon as the doctor began to cut the muscle, hrestlessness; and all at once, with an actual belloaway the doctor’s hook, and shut his eye upon itit should never be drawn out. How my hook gotlet his go, or the lad’s eye would have been scrabandage slipped above one eye, and the other cstood out straight. Probably at that moment he wpersonal appearance, keep his squint, and go thand the handle sticking out; but the instrument

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4. Nathan NR, Donahue SP.Modification of the plusoptiX referral crite-ria to enhance sensitivity and specificity during pediatric vision screen-ing. J AAPOS 2011;15:551-5.

owever, our strapping patient gave signs ofw, he jerked his head on one side, carriedwith a sort of lockjaw grip, as if determinedout I have no idea; fortunately, the doctortched out. As it was, there he sat with thelosed upon the hook, the handle of whichould have been willing to sacrifice pride ofrough life with his eye shut, the hook in it,was too valuable to be lost.

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