enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Heterochromia iridum - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia_iridum

    Domestic cat with complete heterochromia, also referred to as an odd-eyed cat. Eye color, specifically the color of the irises, is determined primarily by the concentration and distribution of melanin. Although the processes determining eye color are not fully understood, it is known that inherited eye color is determined by multiple genes ...

  3. Cat eye syndrome - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_eye_syndrome

    Cat-eye syndrome (CES) or Schmid–Fraccaro syndrome is a rare condition caused by an abnormal extra chromosome, i.e. a small supernumerary marker chromosome. [2] This chromosome consists of the entire short arm and a small section of the long arm of chromosome 22 .

  4. Leukocoria - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukocoria

    On photographs taken using a flash, instead of the familiar red-eye effect, leukocoria can cause a bright white reflection in an affected eye. Leukocoria may appear also in low indirect light, similar to eyeshine. Leukocoria can be detected by a routine eye exam (see Ophthalmoscopy). For screening purposes, the red reflex test is used.

  5. Why your hair and eye colors change

    www.aol.com/news/2014-07-23-why-your-hair-and...

    Babies of Asian, African and Hispanic genetic heritages will likely be born with dark eyes that stay dark. Funnily enough, 10-15 percent of Caucasians report their eye color continued to change ...

  6. Odd-eyed cat - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd-eyed_cat

    A rare predominantly black cat with odd eyes. The odd-eyed colouring is caused when either the epistatic (recessive) white gene or dominant white (which masks any other colour genes and turns a cat completely solid white) [3] or the white spotting gene (which is the gene responsible for bicolour coats) [4] prevents melanin granules from reaching one eye during development, resulting in a cat ...

  7. List of systemic diseases with ocular manifestations - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_systemic_diseases...

    There are many diseases known to cause ocular or visual changes. Diabetes , for example, is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in those aged 20–74, with ocular manifestations such as diabetic retinopathy and macular edema affecting up to 80% of those who have had the disease for 15 years or more.

  8. Retinoblastoma - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retinoblastoma

    The most common and obvious sign of retinoblastoma is an abnormal appearance of the retina as viewed through the pupil, the medical term for which is leukocoria, also known as amaurotic cat's eye reflex. [5] Other signs and symptoms include deterioration of vision, a red and irritated eye with glaucoma, and faltering growth or delayed ...

  9. ICD-10 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICD-10

    ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [1]