2020–2021 BCSC Basic and Clinical Science Course™
6 Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Part I: Strabismus
Chapter 13: Childhood Nystagmus
Nomenclature
The National Eye Institute (NEI) has reclassified eye movement abnormalities, including nystagmus. For abnormalities affected by changes in terminology, this chapter uses the terms recommended by the NEI-sponsored Committee for the Classification of Eye Movement Abnormalities and Strabismus (https://www.nei.nih.gov/sites/default/files/nei-pdfs/cemas.pdf), with traditional designations in parentheses.
Excerpted from BCSC 2020-2021 series: Section 10 - Glaucoma. For more information and to purchase the entire series, please visit https://www.aao.org/bcsc.