Medicine:Moniz sign
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| Moniz sign | |
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| Differential diagnosis | Pyramidal tract lesions |
Moniz sign is a clinical sign in which forceful passive plantar flexion of the ankle elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses.[1]It is named after Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz.[2]
References
- ↑ "The Babinski sign--a reappraisal". Neurol India 48 (4): 314–8. December 2000. PMID 11146592. http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2000;volume=48;issue=4;spage=314;epage=8;aulast=Kumar. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ↑ Buzzi, Alfredo E. (January 2004). "Egas Moniz". The Invisible Light: The Journal of the Radiology History and Heritage Charitable Trust (20): 5–24. ISSN 1479-6945. http://www.bshr.org.uk/journals/020%20RHHCT%20Journal%2020%202004.pdf. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
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