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Determining the age of onset of unilateral cataract using family photographs
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The management of unilateral congenital cataract remains challenging, and visual outcomes in these children are often disappointing.1 2 However, good visual outcomes may be achieved with early surgical intervention (cataract extraction preferably within 6 weeks), in conjunction with appropriate optical correction and aggressive occlusion therapy.1 3
Children who present late with unilateral cataract pose an interesting and important dilemma. When the cataract is acquired and develops later …
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