Möbius sign
Encyclopedia
Möbius sign is a clinical sign
in which there is an inability to maintain convergence
of the eye
s. It is found in patients with Graves' disease
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The sign is named after Paul Julius Möbius
.
Medical sign
A medical sign is an objective indication of some medical fact or characteristic that may be detected by a physician during a physical examination of a patient....
in which there is an inability to maintain convergence
Vergence
A vergence is the simultaneous movement of both eyes in opposite directions to obtain or maintain single binocular vision..When a creature with binocular vision looks at an object, the eyes must rotate around a vertical axis so that the projection of the image is in the centre of the retina in both...
of the eye
Human eye
The human eye is an organ which reacts to light for several purposes. As a conscious sense organ, the eye allows vision. Rod and cone cells in the retina allow conscious light perception and vision including color differentiation and the perception of depth...
s. It is found in patients with Graves' disease
Graves' disease
Graves' disease is an autoimmune disease where the thyroid is overactive, producing an excessive amount of thyroid hormones...
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The sign is named after Paul Julius Möbius
Paul Julius Möbius
Paul Julius Möbius was a German neurologist who was born in Leipzig. Prior to entering the medical field in 1873, he studied philosophy and theology at the Universities of Leipzig, Jena and Marburg....
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