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Heterotropia
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Manifest deviation of the visual axes not controlled by fusion. [ ]
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Heterotropia
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The distinction between heterotropia and heterophoria is that heterotropia refers to a misalignment of the eyes when the affected individual is looking at an object while the eyes are uncovered whereas heterophoria is a misalignment that is observed only when the two eyes are no longer looking at the same object. The monocular cover-uncover test is the most important test for detecting the presence of manifest strabismus and for differentiating a heterophoria from a heterotropia.
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peter
date
2018-07-22T15:46:55Z