Introduction: Despite prompt and appropriate surgical management, a considerable proportion of patients with congenital ectopia lentis (CEL) suffer from postoperative ametropic amblyopia. To predict ...

1 Eye Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China 2 NHC Key Laboratory of Myopia, Key Laboratory of Myopia, Fudan University, Chinese Academy of ...

Six children had temporal ectopia lentis and four had posterior perinuclear lens opacity. Additional features included developmental delay (two), epilepsy (one) and heterotopic grey matter in the ...

Fibrillin-1 mutations have also been found in patients who do not fulfil clinical criteria for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, but have related disorders of connective tissue, such as isolated ...

Primary congenital glaucoma is a rare disease but has a major impact on the child’s development and quality of life over his/her whole life span. Early diagnosis and appropriate therapy can make a ...

A young man in his late adolescence presented with a gradually progressive diminution of vision in both eyes for 3 years. A general physical examination revealed features suggestive of Marfan syndrome ...

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