Microcoria
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Microcoria is a congenital disease in which the pupils of the subject are narrower than 2mm in diameter. Microcoria is associated with juvenile-onset glaucoma, one of few diseases that can be legally treated with medical marijuana.
It is also part of the known manifestations of a born infant to a mother suffering from uncontrolled hyperglycemia. Other symptoms include transposition of great vessels, respiratory distress secondary to surfactant defect, sacral agensis, jitteriness, irritability, and lethargy due to rebound fetal hypoglycemia.
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