Babinski sign

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Babinski sign - extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front; normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons

Babinski, Babinski reflex

inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus

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Babinski Babinski reflex inborn reflex innate reflex instinctive reflex physiological reaction reflex reflex action reflex response unconditioned reflex			Clinical neurologic examination revealed postural tremor, exaggerated tendon reflexes on the lower limbs and positive Babinski sign. Localized amyloidosis of cardiac and skeletal muscle: investigate ... by Finsterer, Josef / Southern Medical Journal Pyramidal signs were described in four patients, ranging from hyperreflexia with bilateral Babinski signs in patients 9 and 11 to spastic paraparesis (patient 6) or tetraparesis (patient 10). Ataxia and CoQ10 deficiency: progress report the following is an ... by DiMauro, Salvator / Generations He actually called the extensor plantar reflex "the great toe sign," and what he called the Babinski sign was the failure of the platysma muscle to contract on the side of a hemiparesis. The True Sign of Babinski by LEON-S, FIDIAS E.; PRADA, LUIS J.; JAY, VENITA / Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine			Babel babelike Baber Babery babesia Babesiidae babesiosis Babeuf Babi Babi Yar Babia Góra Babian Babian Jiang babiche Babies in the eyes babies' slippers babies'-breath Babiism Babillard Babinet Babington Babingtonite Babinski Babinski effect Babinski reflex Babinski sign Babiroussa babirusa babirussa Babish Babism Babist babka Bablah Babo's law baboo babooism baboon Baboonery Baboonish Babouvism Babruysk babu babuism babul Babur babuschka babushka Babuyan Islands baby baby bed			Babiker Avadalla Babiker Badri Scientific Association for Women's Studies Babillard Babilon Zion Sound System Babilonia Wilner Foundation Babilu Babilu Babin Den Babine Lake Development Project Babine Watershed Monitoring Trust Babinet Babinet Compensator Babinet point Babinet principle Babinet's Paradox Babinet's principle Babington Babington Babington Plot Babington, Anthony Babingtonite Babinov Road Babinski Babinski Babinski Babinski effect Babinski reflex Babinski reflex Babinski reflex Babinski reflex Babinski sign Babinski's reflex Babinski's reflex Babinski's reflex Babinski's reflex Babinski's sign Babinski's sign Babinski's sign Babinski, Joseph Babinski-Fröhlich syndrome Babinski-Fröhlich syndrome Babintsy Babio BABIP babiroussa babirusa babirusa babirusas babirussa Babirussa babyrussa Babis Babis Babish Babism Babism Babism Bábism Bábism Babist Babits Babits Mihaly

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