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Comment on: The relationship between multiple deprivation and severity of glaucoma at diagnosis

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We read with keen interest the recently published study titled “The relationship between multiple deprivation and severity of glaucoma at diagnosis” by T.L. Wong et al. [1]. We wish to commend the authors for their invaluable contribution to the field of ophthalmology.

While we appreciate the significance of the study, we would like to provide some feedback and recommendations that we believe would enhance the comprehensiveness and impact of this research:

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  1. Department of Optometry and Vision Science, CL Gupta Eye Institute, Moradabad, 244001, UP, India

    Suraj Kumar Chaurasia & Mahendra Singh

  2. Department of Optometry, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Jhanjeri, Mohali (Punjab), India

    Navneet Sharma

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Concepts, Design, Literature search, Manuscript preparation: SKC and MS; Definition of intellectual content: SKC; Data acquisition: MS; Manuscript editing and Manuscript review: SKC, MS, and NS.

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Chaurasia, S.K., Singh, M. & Sharma, N. Comment on: The relationship between multiple deprivation and severity of glaucoma at diagnosis. Eye (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-023-02889-y

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