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Optic Nerve hypoplasia

Background

Optic Nerve Hypoplasia: Optic Nerve Head Hypoplasia

Optic Nerve Hypoplasia (ONH) is a congenital condition (present at birth) in which there is underdevelopment of the optic nerve. ONH can be unilateral (affecting one eye) or bilateral (affecting both eyes) in both males and females. ONH is thought to be one of the three most common causes of visual impairment in children.

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Medical text written October 2005 by Miss Isabelle Russell-Eggitt FRCS FRCOphth, Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK.

 

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