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Seventeen per cent of 216 cases of simple congenital ptosis developed amblyopia and 19% had a squint. Of those patients with amblyopia, 14% had amblyopia attributable to stimulus deprivation, 21% had anisometropic amblyopia and 51% had strabismic amblyopia. Early refraction, orthoptic assessment and treatment and, where the pupillary axis is occluded, surgery to prevent stimulus deprivation amblyopia are recommended.
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Harrad, R., Graham, C. & Collin, J. Amblyopia and strabismus in congenital ptosis. Eye 2, 625–627 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1988.115
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