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Incidence

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  • affects 3% of children.
  • less than 1% of childhood squints are recognised by parents.
  • risk factors for development of childhood squints include:
    • family history of squint.
    • prematurity.
    • neonatatal jaundice.
    • encephalitis.
    • meningitis.
    • cerebral palsy.
    • mental retardation.

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