Syndrome of myelinated retinal nerve fibres, myopia, amblyopia and strabismus in a Nigerian

Myelinated retinal nerve fibres (MRNF) are rare congenital anomalies. They may present in a syndrome characterised by ipsilateral myelinated retinal nerve fibres, myopia and amblyopia. We report a case of this rare condition with unilateral extensive MRNF, axial myopia, amblyopia and strabismus in a...

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Autores principales: Osaguona, Vivian B., Uhumwangho, Odarosa M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25538374
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.144714
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description Myelinated retinal nerve fibres (MRNF) are rare congenital anomalies. They may present in a syndrome characterised by ipsilateral myelinated retinal nerve fibres, myopia and amblyopia. We report a case of this rare condition with unilateral extensive MRNF, axial myopia, amblyopia and strabismus in a Nigerian girl.
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spelling pubmed-42628522014-12-23 Syndrome of myelinated retinal nerve fibres, myopia, amblyopia and strabismus in a Nigerian Osaguona, Vivian B. Uhumwangho, Odarosa M. Niger Med J Case Report Myelinated retinal nerve fibres (MRNF) are rare congenital anomalies. They may present in a syndrome characterised by ipsilateral myelinated retinal nerve fibres, myopia and amblyopia. We report a case of this rare condition with unilateral extensive MRNF, axial myopia, amblyopia and strabismus in a Nigerian girl. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4262852/ /pubmed/25538374 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.144714 Text en Copyright: © Nigerian Medical Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Osaguona, Vivian B.
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Syndrome of myelinated retinal nerve fibres, myopia, amblyopia and strabismus in a Nigerian
title Syndrome of myelinated retinal nerve fibres, myopia, amblyopia and strabismus in a Nigerian
title_full Syndrome of myelinated retinal nerve fibres, myopia, amblyopia and strabismus in a Nigerian
title_fullStr Syndrome of myelinated retinal nerve fibres, myopia, amblyopia and strabismus in a Nigerian
title_full_unstemmed Syndrome of myelinated retinal nerve fibres, myopia, amblyopia and strabismus in a Nigerian
title_short Syndrome of myelinated retinal nerve fibres, myopia, amblyopia and strabismus in a Nigerian
title_sort syndrome of myelinated retinal nerve fibres, myopia, amblyopia and strabismus in a nigerian
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4262852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25538374
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0300-1652.144714
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