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Effectiveness of routine population-wide orthoptic preschool vision screening tests at age 6-24 months in The Netherlands
or visually apparent disorders were diagnosed regardless of formal preverbal vision screening. Refractive amblyopia is not discovered with preverbal eye screenings before the age VA can be measured.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors thank all preventive CHC physicians from ICARE and the Municipal Health Service (GGD) Drenthe and our orthoptic research group consisting of the following orthoptists: Angelie Kroon, Karin Visser, Anneke Schoonenberg, Wilma van den Berg, Gerdien Verheij, Linda Lokhorst and Esmeralda Visser (St. Jansdal ziekenhuis Harderwijk), Xanne Slot, Japke van Dijk and Cindy Scholten (Gelderse Vallei Ede & Bergman Clinics Ede), Christine Bos-Koelewijn, Marijke de Graaf-Helfensteijn, Carina Wijkmans, Nilofar Sultanali, Jorien Schouten and Linda Boon (Oogziekenhuis Zonnestraal Lelystad/Emmeloord), Alice de Graaf and Mirjam Peeters (Oogziekenhuis Zonnestraal Amersfoort), Inge van Aggelen and Imke Westra-Postma (Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis Assen), Jacqueline Bos and Hanneke Evers (Bethesda Ziekenhuis Hoogeveen), Annemiek Bennen, Marijke Hoekstra, Wijnanda Asjes and Elfi Dijkers (Isala Meppel), Ruth Boer and Tamara Alteveer (Saxenburgh Coevorden), Dina Schram-Rienstra (Antonius Ziekenhuis Emmeloord), Jolanda Timmer-de Kok, Tineke Hoolsema-Greving and Friedel van Ketwich-Godfroy (Treant Zorggroep Emmen/ Stadskanaal), Liesbeth Steenbergen (Röpcke-Zwiers Ziekenhuis Hardenberg), Mari Gutter (Isala Zwolle), Josine Arentzen, Marike Heuveling-Rijswijk, Heleen van Andel, Marieke van Dijk, Elsa Lieverse, Marijke de Jongh-van den Tweel and Jolanda de Vries (Meander Medisch Centrum Amersfoort/Baarn).
The authors also like to thank Tim Holweg (Topicus) and Erik de Vries (Icare) for their help with the data collection.
This study was financed by Stichting Lijf en Leven. This study sponsor had no role in the study design or in the collection, analysis and interpretation of the data nor in the writing of the report or in the decision to submit the paper for publication.
The authors had no commercial or propriety interest.
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