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From aberrant regeneration to zylonite, find concise definitions of ophthalmic terms and optical concepts.

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meridional amblyopia

Meridional amblyopia is a lasting reduction in the ability to resolve lines of a particular orientation. It develops when astigmatism remains uncorrected during the years of visual development, and the deficit persists even after the astigmatism is corrected.1

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  1. Kanski, Clinical Ophthalmology (2024), ch. 18
  2. Steinman, Visual Perception: A Clinical Orientation, ch. 17
  3. von Noorden and Campos, Binocular Vision and Ocular Motility, ch. 14

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Pencil Push-ups

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A guide to the pencil push-up technique for convergence insufficiency, the dose used in trials, and how push-ups compared with office therapy in the CITT trials.

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