Should the Babinski sign be part of the routine neurologic examination?

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1165-1168

  Miller, Timothy M ^a,b   Johnston, S Claiborne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOOT TAPPING; HUMAN; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

EID: 27144433160     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000180608.76190.10     Document Type: Article

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