OCULAR AUTONOMIC NERVE FUNCTION IN LAMBERT-EATON MYASTHENIC SYNDROME

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CLARK, CV [1 ]
NEWSOMDAVIS, J [1 ]
SANDERS, MD [1 ]
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[1] NATL HOSP,LONDON WC1N 3BG,ENGLAND
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10.1038/eye.1990.61
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R77 [眼科学];
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Autonomie innervation to the eye and ocular adnexae was assessed in seven patients with Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome and 50 age-matched control subjects. Pupil responses to light were abnormal in 69% of LEMS patients, compared with 18% of the control group. Reflex tear production—a screening test for parasym-pathetic innervation to the lacrimal gland—was below the accepted normal limit in 69% of LEMS patients. Parasympathetic and sympathetic denervation hypersensitivity of the iris musculature were individually present in 57% of LEMS patients, compared with 6% of control subjects. The association between autonomie dysfunction and Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome is discussed. © 1990, College of Ophthalmologists. All right reserved.
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