Accommodative Esotropia Differential Diagnoses

  • Author: Chris Noyes, MD; Chief Editor: Hampton Roy Sr, MD   more...
 
Updated: Mar 6, 2012
 
 
 
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Chris Noyes, MD  FAAFP, Private Practice - Texas Family Medicine

Chris Noyes, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Family Physicians and Texas Academy of Family Physicians

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Raghav R Gupta, MD  Consulting Staff, Department of Ophthalmology, Vista Ophthalmology, Medical Center of Plano, and Presbyterian Hospital of Plano

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Specialty Editor Board

Gerhard W Cibis, MD  Clinical Professor, Director of Pediatric Ophthalmology Service, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Kansas School of Medicine

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Simon K Law, MD, PharmD  Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine

Simon K Law, MD, PharmD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Glaucoma Society, and Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

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J James Rowsey, MD  Former Director of Corneal Services, St Luke's Cataract and Laser Institute

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Lance L Brown, OD, MD  Ophthalmologist, Affiliated With Freeman Hospital and St John's Hospital, Regional Eye Center, Joplin, Missouri

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Chief Editor

Hampton Roy Sr, MD  Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Hampton Roy Sr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, and Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology

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Additional Contributors

The authors and editors of Medscape Reference gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous coauthor, D Brian Stidham, MD, to the development and writing of this article.

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