Graefe's sign

Graefe's sign definition - medical

Graefe's sign or von Graefe's sign (vŏn)

noun
An indication of Graves' disease in which the upper eyelid does not evenly follow the downward movement of the eyeball, but instead lags or moves jerkily.

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