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Content on the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences website is either written or reviewed by a physician. All information published here is believed to be accurate according to current medical knowledge and standards. While every effort is made to ensure this accuracy, the authors, The University of Iowa, the Department of ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and any other parties involved in the development of this website take no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that may be present in this website, or for the outcome of any actions that result from visiting this site. Also, the aforementioned groups take no responsibility for anything not on the website but linked to this site. The information provided by this website is NOT meant to replace or reduce the role of your physician, and we encourage you to talk with your doctor about anything that interests you from this site.

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This site was redesigned in December of 2003. The content was reviewed at that time and the pages that existed were imported into the new design. An effort was made to make the pages accessible to browsers used by people with low vision as well as to the general population. If you run into problems with any of these pages, We would be grateful to you if you would let us know the URL of the page (The URL is the part of the web address that begins with "http://") and the nature of the problem.

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