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ArticleScientifica2018

Convergence, Accommodation, Fusion, and Stereopsis: What Keeps the Eyes Aligned in Intermittent Exotropia?

Costantino Schiavi, Valentina Di Croce, Laura Primavera, Filippo Tassi

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Article in Scientifica, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Acute acquired concomitant esotropia associated with myopia: is the condition related to any binocular function failure?Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2020
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Costantino SchiaviDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Ophthalmology Service, St. Orsola-Malpighi Teaching Hospital, University of Bologna, Via P. Palagi 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5753-6987
Valentina Di CroceDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Ophthalmology Service, St. Orsola-Malpighi Teaching Hospital, University of Bologna, Via P. Palagi 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6858-0943
Laura PrimaveraDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Ophthalmology Service, St. Orsola-Malpighi Teaching Hospital, University of Bologna, Via P. Palagi 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0528-6963
Filippo TassiDepartment of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Ophthalmology Service, St. Orsola-Malpighi Teaching Hospital, University of Bologna, Via P. Palagi 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the relationships between angle of deviation, fusional convergence and divergence amplitude, AC/A ratio, near point of convergence (NPC), and myopia-phoria in intermittent exotropia (IXT).

methods93 patients with IXT, divided into two groups, were recruited in the study. In Group A (73 patients), fusional convergence and divergence amplitudes, NPC, and AC/A ratio were studied and compared with a control group. In Group B (in 20 patients), myopia-phoria while switching from monocular to binocular view was studied with an infrared video retinoscopy and compared with a control group.

resultsIn Group A, positive fusional amplitudes, NPC, and AC/A ratio of IXT patients did not differ from those of normals. Negative fusional amplitudes were significantly higher in the patient group than in the control group. In Group B, myopic shift was statistically significantly higher in the patient group and there was a statistically significant positive correlation between myopic shift and angle of strabismus.

conclusionsApart from the role of fusional convergence which accounts for myopia-phoria, that of the other binocular functions in the control at near of IXT and conversely their specific role in the pathogenesis of IXT remain unclear and the cause of divergent infantile strabismus is still unknown.

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