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Leber's disease
Leber's disease Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis. A severe form of rod-cone degeneration present at birth. Infant’s have very poor visual acuity, photophobia and nystagmus. Infant’s with Leber’s will often constantly rub their eyes with their fists and poke their eyes with their fingers and thumb. No treatment is available.
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Congenital
Present at birth.
Acuity
The highest spatial frequency rsolvable with a grating of unity contrast (i.e. the maximum possibly contrast).
Photophobia
Severe discomfort to bright lights. Usually a symptom of eye disease, such as glaucoma, in an infant or retinal disease in a child or adult. Sometimes treated with dark sunglasses.
Nystagmus
Nystagmus is a rhythmic, repetitive, oscillatory eye movement. It may occur as a result of vestibular problems, as a result of visual problems, or as a result of certain brain stem or cerebellar abnormalities. Vestibular Nystagmus is characterized by a slow migration of the eyes in the wrong direction, followed by a sudden jerking back response.
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