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areflexia
(redirected from hyporeflexia)

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Noun1.areflexia - absence of a reflexareflexia - absence of a reflex; a sign of possible nerve damage
symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease


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15 Hypermagnesemia impairs neuromuscular junction transmission by decreasing acetylcholine release from the presynaptic membrane, mus producing hypotonia, hyporeflexia, and weakness.
Deep tendon reflexes of both legs were absent; hyporeflexia was likely secondary to the lumbar stenosis, complicated by thoracic cord compression.
In a previous report, some patients with rhombencephalitis showed hyporeflexia or areflexia, but nerve conduction study findings were not reported (2).
 
 
 
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