suppression amblyopia
Findings
No curated finding names suppression amblyopia yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A nonspecific term referring to impaired vision. Major subcategories include stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia and toxic amblyopia. Stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia is a developmental disorder of the visual cortex. A discrepancy between visual information received by the visual cortex from each eye results in abnormal cortical development. strabismus and refractive errors may cause this condition. Toxic amblyopia is a disorder of the optic nerve which is associated with alcoholism, tobacco smoking, and other toxins and as an adverse effect of the use of some medications.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0001019), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (1)
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: suppression amblyopia
- Also called
- strabismic amblyopia