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'''Photic sneeze reflex''' (also whimsically called '''ACHOO''', a [[backronym]] for ''Autosomal dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst'') is a medical condition by which people exposed to bright light involuntarily [[sneeze]]. It has been suggested that the photic sneeze reflex occurs only after someone has been adapted to the dark for at least five minutes, although this is not certain, and is not uniform amongst people(contracted; show full)
*[http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=0004BA86-E838-1DD3-A838809EC588F2D7 Scientific American notes on the photic sneeze reflex]
*[http://loin.free.fr/john/medical_articles.html Annotated biography on medical journals on the photic sneeze reflex]
*[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_303.html The Straight Dope on photic sneeze reflex]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=100820 Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man citation on ACHOO syndrome]
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