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Bumke's syndrome
Also known as:
Bumke’s pupil
Bumke’s sign
Associated persons:
Oswald Conrad Edouard Bumke
Description:
Transient dilation of the pupils, which fail to respond to light and accommodation, an early sign of Dementia praecox, also seen in anxious or psychoneurotic patients without organic disease.
Bibliography:
- O. Bumke:
Die Pupillenstörungen bei Geistes- und Nervenkrankheiten.
Jena, 1904.
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