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Case Reports
. 1980 Jul;64(7):518-22.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.64.7.518.

Congenital crocodile tears: a key to the aetiology of Duane's syndrome

J Ramsay, D Taylor
Case Reports

Congenital crocodile tears: a key to the aetiology of Duane's syndrome

J Ramsay et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1980 Jul.

Abstract

The occurrence from birth of copious lacrimation on eating in some patients with Duane's syndrome suggests that both are caused by dysgenesis or a lesion in the vicinity of the abducens nucleus in the pons.

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