Treating uncorrected refractive error in adults in the developing world with autorefractors and ready-made spectacles
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The uncorrected refractive error challenge
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The most common means of correcting refractive errors is with spectacles. Spectacles are prescribed and dispensed with corrective lenses that give the best visual acuity and are comfortable. Custom-made spectacles (i.e., made up for each individual) are more expensive, but they are essential in some cases, i.e., when a person requires astigmatic correction or needs diff erent power lenses in ea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1442-6404
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02546.x