Causes of Moderate to Severe Visual Impairment and Blindness Among Children in Integrated Schools for the Blind and Visiting a Tertiary Eye Hospital in Nepal: The Nepal Pediatric Visual Impairment (NPVI) Study [Response to Letter]

Srijana Adhikari1 Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Gaushala Kathmandu, NepalCorrespondence[email protected]

Ruth Marie Antoinette van Nispen2 Department of Ophthalmology, VU University Medical Centre and the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, 1007 MB, the Netherlands

Ellen Bernadette Maria Elsman2 Department of Ophthalmology, VU University Medical Centre and the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, 1007 MB, the Netherlands

Fleur van Rens3 Discipline of Exercise Science, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia

Ger HMB van Rens2 Department of Ophthalmology, VU University Medical Centre and the Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, 1007 MB, the Netherlands

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