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Shurygin's reflex

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Auropupillar reflex. Fast contraction, and after that slow dilatation of pupilla as reaction on exposition to sound, affecting one or both ears.

This epnym was submitted by Zoran Bojanic, M.D., Serbia.

Bibliography

  • N. A. Shurygin:
    O zrachkovom reflexe pri sluchovych razdrazheniach camertonom.
    Rus Med Vestn 1901, 3 (13): 49.

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