Profile of paediatric cranial nerve palsies

Reviewed by Fiona Rowe

The purpose of this study was to retrospectively assess the aetiology of paediatric ocular cranial nerve palsies (CNP) using neuro-ophthalmic data from three hospitals. The study included 1263 patients aged <18 years suspected of having strabismus, from January 1999 to June 2012. 53.4% were female and average follow-up was 14 years. Thirty-three patients had paralytic strabismus with at least six months follow-up. One case was bilateral, and the remainder were unilateral. Mean age at diagnosis was 5.9 ±4.5 years. Over half (54.2%) were aged

Paralytic strabismus in Turkish children examined at three tertiary care services: a retrospective cohort study.
Usta G, Karaca U, Kestinbora HK, Gonen T.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND STRABISMUS
2021;58:282-6.
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