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British and Irish Orthoptic Society
Web: www.britishorthopticsociety.co.uk
This is a professional society. However, their website gives some useful information aimed at patients such as information about: orthoptics; refractive errors such as long sight and short sight; squint; lazy eye (amblyopia); double vision (diplopia).
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