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Stereopsis in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study: outcome at 10½ years

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Parts of material previously presented at Annual Meetings of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00212134.

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This study was supported by the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services grants 1 R21 EY032152, 2 UG1 EY031287, 5 U10 EY013287, 5 UG1 EY02553, 7 UG1 EY013272, Research to Prevent Blindness. The funding organizations had no role in the design or conduct of this research.

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  1. Rebecca D Considine Research Institute and Vision Center, Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, OH, USA

    E. Eugenie Hartmann

  2. Department of Global and Community Health, College of Public Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA

    Carolyn Drews-Botsch

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Lindreth DuBois

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Scott R. Lambert

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Drs Hartmann, Drews-Botsch and Lambert had full access to all of the data in the study and took responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Concept and design: Hartmann, DuBois, Drews-Botsch. Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: All authors. Drafting of the manuscript: Hartmann, Drews-Botsch. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Hartmann, Lambert, Drews-Botsch. Statistical analysis: Hartmann, Drews-Botsch. Obtained funding: Lambert. Administrative, technical, or material support: Hartmann, Lambert, DuBois, Drews-Botsch. Supervision: Hartmann, Drews-Botsch.

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Hartmann, E.E., Drews-Botsch, C., DuBois, L. et al. Stereopsis in the Infant Aphakia Treatment Study: outcome at 10½ years. Eye 39, 1426–1427 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-025-03731-3

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