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Gunn's pupillary phenomenon

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A pupil that responds by constricting more to an indirect than to a direct light, seen with unilateral optic nerve or retinal disease,

Bibliography

  • R. Marcus Gunn:
    Congenital ptosis with peculiar associated movements of the affected lid.
    Transactions of the Ophthalmological Societies of the United Kingdom, London, 1883, 3: 283-287.

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