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Four hundred and five patients have been treated with injections of Botulinum neurotoxin A to extraocular muscles in the Botulinum Toxin Clinic at Moorfields Eye Hospital from November 1982 until the present. The indications and outcome of therapy are described and discussed.
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Lee, J., Elston, J., Vickers, S. et al. Botulinum toxin therapy for squint. Eye 2, 24–28 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1988.6
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