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C-30368 - Anisometropia: what difference does it make?
C-30174 - Bioptic Telescopes
C-30376 - Myopia progression, can we control it?
C-30543 - Optometrist shared care refractive surgery
C20214 - A comparison of Scottish and English GOS
C20218 - The sight test and disease detection
C20216 - Identifying cortical visual dysfunction in posterior cortical atrophy
C20215 - Variable retinoscopy
C20217 - Patient selection and counselling for intraocular lenses
C19561 - Review of treatments for DMO and macular oedema secondary to RVO
C19563 - New treatments in early age-related macular degeneration
C-19562 Visual hallucinations and eye disease
C19040 - Ageing and the impact of vision loss on independent living and mobility
C19036 - Medication handling and the elderly patient: a challenge for the optometrist
C19042 - Falls and vision impairment: guidance for the optometrist
C19065 - Depression and vision loss in ageing
C19037 - A wider view of glaucoma
C19038 - VISION 2020 UK and the UK Vision Strategy
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