Apraxia, oculomotor, Cogan type [Supplementary Concept]
A very rare hereditary condition characterized by defective or absent voluntary horizontal EYE MOVEMENTS and defective or absent horizontal ocular attraction movements. Sympotms usually improve by the first or second decade of life. Inheritance may be autosomal recessive or dominant and variations have been mapped to chromosome 2. OMIM: 257550
Date introduced: August 25, 2010
MeSH Unique ID: C537423
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Entry Terms:
- Congenital Oculomotor Apraxia
- Cogan's syndrome, type 2
- Saccade initiation failure, congenital
- Oculomotor Apraxia, Cogan Type
- Ocular Motor Apraxia