Classification and surgical management of patients with familial and sporadic forms of congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles.

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.08.030

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Classification and surgical management of patients with familial and sporadic forms of congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles.

Ophthalmology - 1 May 2004

Yazdani Ahmad, Traboulsi Elias I

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PURPOSE: To outline the clinical features and surgical treatment of patients with familial and sporadic (simplex) forms of congenital fibrosis of extraocular muscles (CFEOM) from 2 countries, and to classify them according to phenotype and mode of inheritance. DESIGN: Observational and experimental study. METHODS: Twenty-eight affected individuals from 20 families with familial or sporadic CFEOM underwent...

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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Blepharoptosis
Child
Child, Preschool
Eye Movements
Female
Fibrosis
Humans
Male
Manometry
Oculomotor Muscles
Ophthalmoplegia
Phenotype
Visual Acuity

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PMID: 15121385
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.08.030

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