Esotropia, also known as strabismus, is an eye misalignment that causes one or both eyes to turn inward. The condition may occur in one or both eyes or alternate between the two. It's often referred ...

Esotropia is a condition where one or both eyes turn inward. The term derives from Greek, where ‘eso-‘ means ‘inward,’ and ‘trope’ means ‘turn.’ Approximately 1 to 2 percent of all people in the ...

Determining how genetics contribute to common forms of strabismus has been a challenge for researchers. Small discoveries are considered meaningful progress. Boston Children's researchers believe they ...

To assess the efficacy of prismatic correction of residual esotropia ⩽20 prism dioptres (PD) after full hypermetropic correction in patients with partially accommodative esotropia. Medical records of ...

A 2-year-old Hispanic boy was referred for evaluation of an acute-onset esotropia (Figure 1). That morning, his mother had noticed that the child's left eye was turned inward, a condition that was not ...

The world has more than 2 billion smartphone users. [1] In the United States, 67% of teens own a smartphone, and they spend an average of 6.5 hours per day looking at their smartphone or tablet ...

Babies with an eye-alignment disorder called infantile esotropia have delays in motor development milestones, but development “catches up” after corrective surgery, reports a study in the April ...

A 73-year-old woman presented to the New England Eye Center for an evaluation of progressive esotropia of her left eye. She reported that her left eye had been turning inward for the past 40 years but ...

Esotropia and exotropia could have shared genetic risk factors based on findings that genetif duplications on chromosomes were risk factors for the diseases. Genetic duplications in the second, fourth ...