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  2. Brushfield spots - Wikipedia

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    Brushfield spots tend to be obscured by pigmentation of the anterior border layer of the iris in patients with darker irides. Hence, they are much more likely to be observed in children with lightly pigmented eyes. Brushfield spots are more commonly found in Down syndrome patients of European descent than similarly affected children of Asian ...

  3. Down syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Down syndrome or Down's syndrome, [12] also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. [3] It is usually associated with developmental delays, mild to moderate intellectual disability , and characteristic physical features.

  4. List of systemic diseases with ocular manifestations - Wikipedia

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    Ataxia telangiectasia (Louis–Bar syndrome) Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis (Sturge–Weber syndrome) (encephalofacial cavernous hemangiomatosis) Neurofibromatosis (von Recklinghausen's disease) Tuberous sclerosis (Bourneville's syndrome) Wyburn–Mason syndrome (racemose hemangiomatosis)

  5. Microphthalmia - Wikipedia

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    Microphthalmia (Greek: μικρός, mikros, 'small', ὀφθαλμός, ophthalmos, 'eye'), also referred as microphthalmos, is a developmental disorder of the eye in which one (unilateral microphthalmia) or both (bilateral microphthalmia) eyes are abnormally small and have anatomic malformations.

  6. This Mother Had A Baby At 50 Without Intervention. Here's ...

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    For instance, the chance of conceiving a child with Down syndrome is 1 in 350 at age 35, and it increases to 1 in 30 by age 45. Studies have also found that likelihood of autism increases with ...

  7. Hypertelorism - Wikipedia

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    Visual disturbances can occur due to the eye muscle imbalance after orbital mobilization. Ptosis and diplopia can also occur postoperatively, but this usually self-corrects. A quite difficult problem to correct postoperatively is canthal drift, which can be managed best by carefully preserving the canthal tendon attachments as much as possible.

  8. Neonatal conjunctivitis - Wikipedia

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    The newborn baby's closed lids should be thoroughly cleansed and dried. If the cause is determined to be due to a blocked tear duct, gentle palpation between the eye and the nasal cavity may be used to clear the tear duct. If the tear duct is not cleared by the time the newborn is 1 year old, surgery may be required. [4] Postnatal measures include:

  9. Infant visual development - Wikipedia

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    Evidence has shown that newborns' eyes do not work in the same fashion as older children or adults – mainly due to poor coordination of the eyes. Newborn's eyes move in the same direction only about half of the time. [17] The strength of eye muscle control is positively correlated to achieve depth perception. Human eyes are formed in such a ...