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Recent progress in understanding congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders.
Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society - 1 Mar 2011
Oystreck Darren T, Engle Elizabeth C, Bosley Thomas M
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BACKGROUND: In 2002, the new term congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder (CCDD) was proposed as a substitute for the traditional concept of congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles (CFEOM) based on mounting genetic, neuropathologic, and imaging evidence, suggesting that many, if not all, of these disorders result from a primary neurologic maldevelopment rather than from a muscle abnormality. This report...
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