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. 1980 Jul;64(7):518–522. doi: 10.1136/bjo.64.7.518

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

J Ramsay, D Taylor
PMCID: PMC1043750  PMID: 7426566

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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