| Title |
Congenital ocular motor apraxia. |
| Creator |
Prasad, P; Nair, S |
| Affiliation |
Department of Ophthalmology, Qatif Central Hospital, Saudi Arabia. |
| Abstract |
Four patients aged between 9 months and 17 years were detected to have congenital ocular motor apraxia (COMA) over a 10-month period. Three of them were siblings. All exhibited the classical signs of a horizontal saccadic palsy. However, the signs were less pronounced with increasing age of the patient. This supports the observations of other authors who have noted an age-related resolution. There was no evidence of other motor developmental delay in any of the patients and computed tomography revealed no abnormalities. Both these findings are in contradistinction to prior reports of central nervous system abnormalities and motor and speech difficulties in COMA. The family of three appears to be the largest sibling cluster reported so far. |
| Subject |
Adolescent; Apraxias/genetics; Apraxias/physiopathology; Child; Eye Movements; Female; Humans; Infant; Male; Ocular Motility Disorders/congenital; Ocular Motility Disorders/physiopathology; Saccades |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
224578 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qg200m/224578 |
