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June 30th, 2019
 
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Overview

  • How to Perform

  • Ask the patient to keep their eyelids closed for an extended period of time, and look for appearance of the sclera.
  • Significance

  • In patients with myaesthenia, the sclera will become visible with prolonged eye closure due to fatigability.
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