TABLE 4.

SUMMARY OF DATA FROM SWEDISH STUDIES

STUDY, YEAR	NO. (%) OF CASES WITH ABERRANT TEARING	AGE (yr)/SEX	ABDUCTION DEFICITS	CROCODILE TEARS SYMPTOMS + NO EMOTIONAL TEARING	CROCODILE TEARS ONLY	LACK OF EMOTIONAL TEARING ONLY	LATE-ONSET TEARING	7TH NERVE PALSY	AUTISM (TOTAL NO. IN STUDY)
First Swedish thalidomide study, 1987–1989 (n = 84)	17 (20%)	26–29/12 M; 5 F	17 (16 DS OU; 1 abduction only OD)†	8	7	2	NI	12 (5 bilateral; 5 R; 2 L)	2‡ (n = 4)
Swedish Möbius study, 1997–1998 (n = 25)	6–7* (24%)	2–17/All M	All by inclusion criteria	3	1	2	3	All by inclusion criteria	4‡ (n = 6)

DS, Duane syndrome; L, left side; OD, right eye; OU, both eyes; R, right side.

^*Some patients had minimal symptoms.

^†This patient had crocodile tears OD and no emotional tearing OD.

^‡Full autistic disorder and aberrant tearing.