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Aug 2026
A Descriptive Study of the Pattern of Refractive Errors, Amblyopia Burden, and Effective Refractive Error Coverage Among Children Attending a Tertiary Hospital in Northern Sri Lanka
A high burden of amblyopia and very low effective RE coverage were observed, indicating inadequate utilization of refractive services despite spectacle prescriptions; the high amblyopia burden likely reflects the tertiary referral-based study population rather than the general community.
Malaravan Muthusamy, T. Jeyaratnam, K. Thirunavukarasu et al.
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