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SUBMITTER: Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4770550 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Christiansen Stephen P SP Chandler Danielle L DL Lee Katherine A KA Superstein Rosanne R de Alba Campomanes Alejandra A Bothun Erick D ED Morin Julie J Wallace David K DK Kraker Raymond T RT
Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 20160201 1
A total of 27 children with esotropia (mean age, 3.9 years; range, 9 months to 13.8 years) were enrolled in a 9-month observational study following botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) injection of one (n = 7) or both (n = 20) medial rectus muscles. BTX-A dosage ranged from 3.0 to 6.0 units per muscle. Three participants developed tonic pupil, noted at the first follow-up visit, occurring 12-19 days after injection. All 3 cases occurred in the left eye of participants who underwent bilateral BTX-A injectio ...[more]