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Ocular motor research in the past half-century has produced remarkable advances in our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of the several types of nystagmus seen in infancy and childhood. Research results to better enable the clinician to make accurate diagnoses and provide safe and effective treatment are discussed in this chapter.

The panel discusses the warning signs to look for in end-gaze nystagmus.

Dr. Gill Roper-Hall discusses the characteristics of nystagmus and shares several video examples.

Evaluation of the infant or child with infantile nystagmus syndrome (INS) is very challenging because INS can be an isolated abnormality or appear in association with a wide variety of underlying visual sensory and systemic disorders.

This prospective study found that handheld SD-OCT is highly sensitive and specific in identifying foveal abnormalities in infantile nystagmus.

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