Genetic and environmental factors contributing to anophthalmia and microphthalmia: Current understanding and future directions

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Anophthalmia is defined as a complete absence of one eye or both the eyes, while microphthalmia represents the presence of a small eye within the orbit. The estimated birth prevalence for anophthalmia is approximately 3 per 100000 live births, and for microphthalmia, it is around 14 per 100000 live births. However, combined evidence suggests that the prevalence of these malformations could be as high as 30 per...

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