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Research Article

Inter-examiner variability and agreement of the alternate prism cover test (APCT) measurements of strabismus performed by 4 examiners

, MSc, CO, , MSc, DBO(T), , MD, PhD & , MSc, BSc(Hons)
Pages 158-166 | Received 29 Oct 2013, Accepted 30 Sep 2014, Published online: 31 Oct 2014

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