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Latent hypermetropia

MedGen UID:
573299
•Concept ID:
C0339672
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Latent hyperopia
SNOMED CT: Latent hyperopia (232126000); Latent hypermetropia (232126000)
 
HPO: HP:0500042

Definition

A term to describe when farsightedness is masked when the accommodative muscles are used to increase the focusing power of the eye. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLatent hypermetropia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Cyclotherapy in the treatment of symptomatic latent hyperopia.
Silbert JA, Alexander A
J Am Optom Assoc 1987 Jan;58(1):40-6. PMID: 3819287

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Cycloplegic autorefraction in young adults: is it mandatory?
Mimouni M, Zoller L, Horowitz J, Wygnanski-Jaffe T, Morad Y, Mezer E
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2016 Feb;254(2):395-8. Epub 2015 Dec 21 doi: 10.1007/s00417-015-3246-1. PMID: 26686513
Balanced t(8;9)(q12;q33)pat carrier with phenotypic abnormalities attributable to a de novo terminal deletion of the long arm of chromosome 7.
Biederman B, Bowen P
Hum Genet 1978 Feb 23;41(1):101-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00278876. PMID: 631854

Diagnosis

Cycloplegic autorefraction in young adults: is it mandatory?
Mimouni M, Zoller L, Horowitz J, Wygnanski-Jaffe T, Morad Y, Mezer E
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2016 Feb;254(2):395-8. Epub 2015 Dec 21 doi: 10.1007/s00417-015-3246-1. PMID: 26686513

Therapy

Cycloplegic autorefraction in young adults: is it mandatory?
Mimouni M, Zoller L, Horowitz J, Wygnanski-Jaffe T, Morad Y, Mezer E
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2016 Feb;254(2):395-8. Epub 2015 Dec 21 doi: 10.1007/s00417-015-3246-1. PMID: 26686513

Clinical prediction guides

Cycloplegic autorefraction in young adults: is it mandatory?
Mimouni M, Zoller L, Horowitz J, Wygnanski-Jaffe T, Morad Y, Mezer E
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2016 Feb;254(2):395-8. Epub 2015 Dec 21 doi: 10.1007/s00417-015-3246-1. PMID: 26686513
Balanced t(8;9)(q12;q33)pat carrier with phenotypic abnormalities attributable to a de novo terminal deletion of the long arm of chromosome 7.
Biederman B, Bowen P
Hum Genet 1978 Feb 23;41(1):101-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00278876. PMID: 631854

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