Occlusion-amblyopia following high dose oral levodopa combined with part time patching

Part time occlusion therapy is not reported to cause occlusion (reverse) amblyopia. However, when combined with high dose oral levodopa, an increase in the plasticity of the visual cortex can lead to occlusion amblyopia. In this case report, we describe a six year old child who developed occlusion a...

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Autor principal: Kothari, Mihir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23571255
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.109516
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description Part time occlusion therapy is not reported to cause occlusion (reverse) amblyopia. However, when combined with high dose oral levodopa, an increase in the plasticity of the visual cortex can lead to occlusion amblyopia. In this case report, we describe a six year old child who developed occlusion amblyopia following part time patching combined with oral levodopa.
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spelling pubmed-43135002015-02-05 Occlusion-amblyopia following high dose oral levodopa combined with part time patching Kothari, Mihir Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communication Part time occlusion therapy is not reported to cause occlusion (reverse) amblyopia. However, when combined with high dose oral levodopa, an increase in the plasticity of the visual cortex can lead to occlusion amblyopia. In this case report, we describe a six year old child who developed occlusion amblyopia following part time patching combined with oral levodopa. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4313500/ /pubmed/23571255 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.109516 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology 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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Occlusion-amblyopia following high dose oral levodopa combined with part time patching
title Occlusion-amblyopia following high dose oral levodopa combined with part time patching
title_full Occlusion-amblyopia following high dose oral levodopa combined with part time patching
title_fullStr Occlusion-amblyopia following high dose oral levodopa combined with part time patching
title_full_unstemmed Occlusion-amblyopia following high dose oral levodopa combined with part time patching
title_short Occlusion-amblyopia following high dose oral levodopa combined with part time patching
title_sort occlusion-amblyopia following high dose oral levodopa combined with part time patching
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4313500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23571255
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.109516
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