Piltz-Westphal phenomenon

Piltz-Westphal phenomenon
Piltz-West·phal phenomenon (piltsґ vestґfahl) [J. Piltz; Alexander Karl Otto Westphal, German neurologist, 1863–1941] orbicularis pupillary reflex.

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