"Exotropia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of ocular misalignment where the visual axes diverge inappropriately. For example, medial rectus muscle weakness may produce this condition as the affected eye will deviate laterally upon attempted forward gaze. An exotropia occurs due to the relatively unopposed force exerted on the eye by the lateral rectus muscle, which pulls the eye in an outward direction.
| Descriptor ID |
D005099
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.292.562.887.650 C11.590.810.440
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| Concept/Terms |
Exotropia- Exotropia
- Exodeviation
- Exodeviations
- Strabismus, Divergent
- Divergent Strabismus
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Exotropia" by people in Profiles.
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Mesencephalic clefts with associated eye movement disorders. Arch Ophthalmol. 1996 Apr; 114(4):429-32.