To differentiate between infants who have strabismus and those who have pseudostrabismus, use the:
a. confrontation test.
b. corneal light reflex.
c. E chart.
d. Amsler grid.
B
The corneal light reflex is used with infants to differentiate between strabismus and pseudostra-bismus by noting an asymmetric versus symmetric light reflex.
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