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Myopia

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Definition: A refractive error in which rays of light entering the EYE parallel to the optic axis are brought to a focus in front of the RETINA when accommodation (ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR) is relaxed. This results from an overly curved CORNEA or from the eyeball being too long from front to back. It is also called nearsightedness.  MYOPIA, DEGENERATIVE is also available   
Examples Myopia, Degenerative
Other names Nearsightedness; Nearsightednesses; Myopias
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Mousa Al din Al Nassar syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Cataract *Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary *Myopia *Spinocerebellar Degenerations.
Cohen syndrome  0   *Intellectual Disability *Microcephaly *Muscle Hypotonia *Myopia *Obesity Developmental Disabilities Fingers/abnormalities.
Donnai-Barrow syndrome  0   *Hearing Loss, Sensorineural *Myopia *Proteinuria *Agenesis of Corpus Callosum.
Polydactyly myopia syndrome  0   *Myopia *Polydactyly.
Blepharoptosis myopia ectopia lentis  0   *Blepharoptosis *Ectopia Lentis *Myopia.
Noble Bass Sherman syndrome  0   *Ectopia Lentis *Myopia *Retinal Degeneration *Choroid Diseases. Doc Ophthalmol. 1993;83(2):97-102
Night blindness, congenital stationary  0   *Myopia *Night Blindness.
Night blindness skeletal anomalies unusual facies  0   *Myopia *Night Blindness *Facies.
Myopia 6  0   *Myopia.
MASS syndrome  0   *Myopia *Mitral Valve Prolapse *Skin Diseases.
Dandy-walker malformation with mental retardation, macrocephaly, myopia, and brachytelephalangy  0   *Myopia *Dandy-Walker Syndrome.
Gastrocutaneous syndrome  0   *Hypertelorism *Myopia *Peptic Ulcer *Cafe-au-Lait Spots. Am J Med Genet. 1982;11(2):161-76.

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