Diseases

Amblyopia

A nonspecific term referring to impaired vision. Major subcategories include stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia and toxic amblyopia. Stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia is a developmental disorder of the visual cortex. A discrepancy between visual information received by the visual cortex from each eye results in abnormal cortical development. STRABISMUS and REFRACTIVE ERRORS may cause this condition. Toxic amblyopia is a disorder of the OPTIC NERVE which is associated with ALCOHOLISM, tobacco SMOKING, and other toxins and as an adverse effect of the use of some medications.

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A nonspecific term referring to impaired vision. Major subcategories include stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia and toxic amblyopia. Stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia is a developmental disorder of the visual cortex. A discrepancy between visual information received by the visual cortex from each eye results in abnormal cortical development. STRABISMUS and REFRACTIVE ERRORS may cause this condition. Toxic amblyopia is a disorder of the OPTIC NERVE which is associated with ALCOHOLISM, tobacco SMOKING, and other toxins and as an adverse effect of the use of some medications.

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  • Amblyopias
  • Amblyopia, Developmental
  • Amblyopia, Stimulus Deprivation-Induced
  • Amblyopia, Suppression
  • Anisometropic Amblyopia
  • Lazy Eye
  • Stimulus Deprivation-Induced Amblyopia
  • Amblyopia, Anisometropic
  • Amblyopia, Stimulus Deprivation Induced
  • Amblyopias, Anisometropic
  • Amblyopias, Developmental
  • Amblyopias, Stimulus Deprivation-Induced
  • Amblyopias, Suppression
  • Anisometropic Amblyopias
  • Deprivation-Induced Amblyopia, Stimulus
  • Deprivation-Induced Amblyopias, Stimulus
  • Developmental Amblyopia
  • Developmental Amblyopias
  • Eye, Lazy
  • Eyes, Lazy
  • Lazy Eyes
  • Stimulus Deprivation Induced Amblyopia
  • Stimulus Deprivation-Induced Amblyopias
  • Suppression Amblyopia
  • Suppression Amblyopias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Amblyopia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000550. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000550
  2. Amblyopia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblyopia
  3. Amblyopia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207855