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*The members of the working party are: Mr David Taylor, FRCPCH, FRCOphth (Chairman), Dr R. Bonshek, MD, FRCPath, Mr D. Brosnahan, FRCOphth, Dr N. Carter, MD, FRCPath, Mr R.M.L. Doran, FRCOphth, Professor G. Dutton, FRCOphth, Mr J. Elston, FRCOphth, Professor MA Green, FRCPath, Miss R.J. Leitch, FRCOphth, Mr I.e. Lloyd, FRCOphth, Dr Margaret Lynch, MD, FRCPCH, Dr MA Parsons, FRCPath, Miss I.M. Russell-Eggitt, FRCOphth, Mr H. Willshaw, FRCOphth, Mr G. Woodruff, FRCOphth, Mr J.D.H. Young, FRCOphth
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The Opthalmology Child Abuse Working Party. Child abuse and the eye. Eye 13, 3–10 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1999.2
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