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Very low visual acuity

MedGen UID:
1686367
Concept ID:
C5139142
Finding
HPO: HP:0032122

Definition

A reduction in visual acuity with best corrected visual acuity between 1.40 (20/500) and 1.89 logMAR (up to roughly 20/1590). [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVVery low visual acuity

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Chaturvedi I, Jamil R, Sharma P
Indian J Ophthalmol 2023 May;71(5):1797-1803. doi: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_3098_22. PMID: 37203032Free PMC Article
Strupp M, Kim JS, Murofushi T, Straumann D, Jen JC, Rosengren SM, Della Santina CC, Kingma H
J Vestib Res 2017;27(4):177-189. doi: 10.3233/VES-170619. PMID: 29081426Free PMC Article
Austin A, Lietman T, Rose-Nussbaumer J
Ophthalmology 2017 Nov;124(11):1678-1689. Epub 2017 Sep 21 doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2017.05.012. PMID: 28942073Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Cordes C, Heutink J, Tucha OM, Brookhuis KA, Brouwer WH, Melis-Dankers BJ
J Rehabil Med 2017 Mar 6;49(3):270-276. doi: 10.2340/16501977-2194. PMID: 28218336
van Overdam KA, Missotten T, Spielberg LH
Acta Ophthalmol 2015 Dec;93(8):739-44. Epub 2015 Aug 27 doi: 10.1111/aos.12830. PMID: 26310993
Michaeli A, Soiberman U, Loewenstein A
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2012 Sep;250(9):1327-32. Epub 2012 May 15 doi: 10.1007/s00417-012-2057-x. PMID: 22580990
Nahum MP, Gdal-On M, Kuten A, Herzl G, Horovitz Y, Weyl Ben Arush M
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2001 Apr-May;18(3):173-9. doi: 10.1080/08880010151114769. PMID: 11293284
Algvere P, Persson HE, Wanger P
Retina 1985 Summer-Fall;5(3):179-83. doi: 10.1097/00006982-198500530-00010. PMID: 4070810

Diagnosis

Cordes C, Heutink J, Brookhuis KA, Brouwer WH, Melis-Dankers BJM
Disabil Rehabil 2018 Jun;40(12):1372-1378. Epub 2017 Mar 21 doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1295471. PMID: 28320210
van Overdam KA, Missotten T, Spielberg LH
Acta Ophthalmol 2015 Dec;93(8):739-44. Epub 2015 Aug 27 doi: 10.1111/aos.12830. PMID: 26310993
Klevering BJ, Maugeri A, Wagner A, Go SL, Vink C, Cremers FP, Hoyng CB
Ophthalmology 2004 Mar;111(3):546-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.06.010. PMID: 15019334
Nahum MP, Gdal-On M, Kuten A, Herzl G, Horovitz Y, Weyl Ben Arush M
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2001 Apr-May;18(3):173-9. doi: 10.1080/08880010151114769. PMID: 11293284
Gonçalves A, Cruysberg JR, Draaijer RW, Sellar PW, Aandekerk AL, Deutman AF
Doc Ophthalmol 1996-1997;92(1):55-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02583277. PMID: 9181333

Therapy

van Overdam KA, Missotten T, Spielberg LH
Acta Ophthalmol 2015 Dec;93(8):739-44. Epub 2015 Aug 27 doi: 10.1111/aos.12830. PMID: 26310993

Prognosis

Michaeli A, Soiberman U, Loewenstein A
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2012 Sep;250(9):1327-32. Epub 2012 May 15 doi: 10.1007/s00417-012-2057-x. PMID: 22580990
Nahum MP, Gdal-On M, Kuten A, Herzl G, Horovitz Y, Weyl Ben Arush M
Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2001 Apr-May;18(3):173-9. doi: 10.1080/08880010151114769. PMID: 11293284
Gonçalves A, Cruysberg JR, Draaijer RW, Sellar PW, Aandekerk AL, Deutman AF
Doc Ophthalmol 1996-1997;92(1):55-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02583277. PMID: 9181333
Algvere P, Persson HE, Wanger P
Retina 1985 Summer-Fall;5(3):179-83. doi: 10.1097/00006982-198500530-00010. PMID: 4070810

Clinical prediction guides

Cordes C, Heutink J, Tucha OM, Brookhuis KA, Brouwer WH, Melis-Dankers BJ
J Rehabil Med 2017 Mar 6;49(3):270-276. doi: 10.2340/16501977-2194. PMID: 28218336
Chentli F, Bey A, Belhimer F, Azzoug S
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2012;25(11-12):1177-9. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2012-0256. PMID: 23444479
Algvere P, Persson HE, Wanger P
Retina 1985 Summer-Fall;5(3):179-83. doi: 10.1097/00006982-198500530-00010. PMID: 4070810

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