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To the Editor: I disagree with the recommendation made by Donahue in his Clinical Practice article (March 8 issue)¹ that children between the ages of 1 and 4 years with accommodative esotropia with near-distance disparity should be treated with bifocal eyeglasses. Data are very limited regarding the outcome of bifocal treatment with unifocal distance correction for such patients. Pratt-Johnson and Tillson,² who reported on a nonrandomized, retrospective series of 99 patients with an average follow-up of 8 years, found no difference in final sensory outcome between the two groups. Another issue concerning bifocal eyeglasses in this population is practicality. It . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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