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Please advise what is it called if one of your pupils is larger than the other?

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Dr. Alvin Lin answered

Anisocoria: There's physiologic (normal) anisocoria and there's abnormal version due to some underlying medical condition. Check out pediatric reference http://www.aapos.org/terms/conditions/27 for more info.

Answered 5/31/2015

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