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Clinical appearance of anophthalmia (upper picture) and microphthalmia (lower picture). | Clinical appearance of anophthalmia (upper picture) and microphthalmia (lower picture). | ||
* Anophthalmia - clinical description for the absence of an eye. Gene mutation of SOX2, a developmental transcription factor, has been associated with this condition. | * [[:File:Anophthalmia.jpg|Anophthalmia]] - clinical description for the absence of an eye. Gene mutation of SOX2, a developmental transcription factor, has been associated with this condition. | ||
* Microphthalmia - clinical description for the presence of a small eye within the orbit and occurs in up to 11% of blind children. | * [[:File:Microphthalmia.jpg|Microphthalmia]] - clinical description for the presence of a small eye within the orbit and occurs in up to 11% of blind children. | ||
:'''Links:''' [[Sensory - Vision Abnormalities]] | |||
:'''Links:''' [[:File:Anophthalmia and microphthalmia.jpg|Anophthalmia and microphthalmia]] | [[:File:Anophthalmia.jpg|Anophthalmia]] | [[:File:Microphthalmia.jpg|Microphthalmia]] | [[Sensory - Vision Abnormalities]] | |||
===Reference=== | ===Reference=== | ||
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Anophthalmia and Microphthalmia
Clinical appearance of anophthalmia (upper picture) and microphthalmia (lower picture).
- Anophthalmia - clinical description for the absence of an eye. Gene mutation of SOX2, a developmental transcription factor, has been associated with this condition.
- Microphthalmia - clinical description for the presence of a small eye within the orbit and occurs in up to 11% of blind children.
- Links: Anophthalmia and microphthalmia | Anophthalmia | Microphthalmia | Sensory - Vision Abnormalities
Reference
<pubmed>18039390</pubmed>| Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
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