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The Greek word amblyopia refers
to a dimness or dullness of vision. In clinical ophthalmology,
the term has traditionally been
applied to disorders in which there is a loss of vision in an eye
for which no obvious organic cause
can be found. The two common causes are strabismic
amblyopia and refractive amblyopia.
The clinical treatment of amblyopia is often traced back at
least to the 18th century when
Charles de Saint-Yves and Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de
Buffon, proposed that forced use
of an amblyopic eye might promote its recovery. This idea
forms the basis for patching therapy,
currently the most frequently prescribed clinical treatment
for amblyopia. |