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Original Article

Crowding in Central Vision in Normally Sighted and Visually Impared Children Aged 4 to 8 Years: The Influence of Age and Test Design

Bianca HuurnemanCorrespondence[email protected]
, MSc,
F. Nienke BoonstraBartiméus, Institute for the Visually Impaired, Zeist, The Netherlands
, MD, PhD,
Antonius H. N CillessenBehavioural Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
, PhD,
Ger van RensFree University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
, MD, Prof, PhD &
Ralf F. A. Cox
, PhD
Pages 55-62 | Received 15 Sep 2011, Accepted 21 Mar 2012, Published online: 21 May 2012

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