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congenital strabismus

Congenital strabismus is the older name for infantile esotropia syndrome, the most common cause of a constant strabismus that begins before 1 year of age. The old name is misleading, because the deviation is not usually present at birth.1 Infantile esotropia is defined as a manifest esodeviation with onset between birth and 6 months of age, and the term is preferred over the older congenital esotropia.2

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  1. Pickwell's Binocular Vision Anomalies, ch. 15
  2. von Noorden and Campos, Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility, ch. 16
  3. Yanoff and Duker, Ophthalmology (2023), ch. 11.6
  4. Kanski, Clinical Ophthalmology (2024), ch. 18
  5. American Academy of Ophthalmology (2021) Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 2021-2022 edn. San Francisco: American Academy of Ophthalmology.
  6. Helveston, E.M. (2010) 'Understanding, detecting, and managing strabismus', Community Eye Health, 23(72), pp. 12–14.
  7. Magli, A. et al. (2018) 'Congenital and Infantile Strabismus: Suppression and Surgical Alignment for Restoration of Binocular Vision', Journal of Clinical Medicine, 7(12), p. 537.
  8. Mohney, B.G. (2007) 'Common forms of childhood strabismus in an incidence cohort', American Journal of Ophthalmology, 144(3), pp. 465–467.

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Tint and Filter Selection

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A guide for opticians: which tint or filter to offer for night driving, glare, sports, screens and light sensitivity, why it works, and what to say, with FL-41, Avulux and 41 linked sources.

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