A nonspecific term referring to impaired vision. Major subcategories include stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia and toxic amblyopia. Stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia is a developmental disorder of the visual cortex. A discrepancy between visual information received by the visual cortex from each eye results in abnormal cortical development. strabismus and refractive errors may cause this condition. Toxic amblyopia is a disorder of the optic nerve which is associated with alcoholism, tobacco smoking, and other toxins and as an adverse effect of the use of some medications. [ MESH:D000550 ]
Synonyms: strabismic amblyopia
Term information
- DOID:10375 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- SCTID:35600002 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MEDGEN:152911 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C0750903 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICD9:368.01 (MONDO:i2s)
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http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0750903
http://identifiers.org/snomedct/35600002
http://identifiers.org/medgen/152911
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_10375