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Nystagmus

How is it diagnosed?

Accurate diagnosis for nystagmus is necessary to ensure the child has adequate help to deal with the disorder. Occasionally no visual disorder can be detected and the nystagmus is called congenital idiopathic nystagmus or congenital motor nystagmus.

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved November 1991 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK and Dr J E Wraith, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Last updated December 2007 by Professor C Harris, Professor of Neurosciences, Institute of Neurosciences, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK.

 

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