An abnormal red reflex finding most likely reflects an underlying ocular pathology in infants, but finding a normal red reflex during screening does not altogether exclude ocular disease.

One of the most basic forms of objective pediatric vision screening is using the red reflex test to examine young children. The red reflex test looks at the light reflex through an ophthalmoscope.

A case study highlights the importance of assessing ocular media clarity using red-reflex testing during the preschool years, calling into question a set of recently revised guidelines.

Vision screening in children older than 3 years may include the red reflex test, the cover-uncover test (for strabismus), the corneal light reflex test, visual acuity tests (ie, Snellen, Lea ...

Three days after Canyon Brown was born, the attending pediatrician discovered a problem. During a standard red reflex test, in which a red dot of light is shined from an ophthalmoscope into the ...

The red reflex is what causes "red eye" in flash photography. In people with leukocoria, the red reflex is missing, or the reflected light appears white.

We understand that a red reflex test or just an external eye examination could have detected many of the abnormalities in cumulative 6525 babies documented in the 4 studies (Table 2) cited by us.

But the eye reflex test, on its own, could clear the way to more expedient autism diagnosis for kids today, saving families from long diagnostic odysseys. “If this sort of assessment works in our ...