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Antipodean squint.

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Strabismic cases which are exotropic fixing with one eye, and esotropic fixing with the other eye are rare and a result of anisometropia, unequal accommodation, paresis or restriction, and previous ocular muscle surgery. Three cases of antipodean squint are reported without known etiology factor. An extensive survey of experts in the field of strabismus was unable to document other similar cases where a cause could not be determined.

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S Shippman, J S Hermann. Antipodean squint.. https://doi.org/10.3928/0191-3913-19780701-05

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