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Ocular colobomata.
Survey of ophthalmology - 1 Jan 2000
Onwochei B C, Simon J W, Bateman J B, Couture K C, Mir E
Abstract excerpt
Ocular colobomata present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in patients of all ages, but especially in young children. The "typical" coloboma, caused by defective closure of the fetal fissure, is located in the inferonasal quadrant, and it may affect any part of the globe traversed by the fissure from the iris to the optic nerve. Ocular colobomata are often associated with microphthalmia, and they may be...
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