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MASS REFLEX [1 record]

Record 1 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

Flexor withdrawal of the lower limbs accompanied by evacuation of the bladder and bowels and profuse sweating below the level of the lesion which may occur on stimulation of a lower limb in a subject with spinal cord transection.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Flexion totale des membres inférieurs s'accompagnant de miction et quelquefois de sudation provoquées par un attouchement cutané au-dessus du niveau correspondant à la section totale traumatique de la moelle.

OBS

Le terme «réflexe en masse» a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema nervioso
  • Psicología clínica
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