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Photic sneeze reflex
'''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)

==References==

Semes LP, Amos JF, Waterbor JW. "The Photic Sneeze Response: Descriptive Report of a Clinic Population." ''Journal of American Optometry Association'' June 1995, 66(6): pp. 372&ndash;377 [On-line], Available: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m_d]

Deshmukh, N. "Sneezing photic response to bright light. Is it a cause of accidents?" ''The Guthrie Journal'', 1995, 64(3): 104&ndash;105 
[On-line], Available: [http://www.cathouse.org/medical/photic_sneeze.html]

Breitenbach, R.A, "The Photic Sneeze Reflex as a Risk Factor to Combat Pilots." ''Military Medicine'', 158, December 1993: 806&ndash;809, Abstract: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8108024]
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==External links==

*[http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/aug97/865380242.Me.r.html MadSci article on the photic sneeze reflex]
*[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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