Plantar reflex amusement: Misuse, ruse, disuse, and abuse

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1150-1151

  Landau, William M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BABINSKI REFLEX; EDITORIAL; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL REFLEX; TENDON REFLEX;

EID: 27144519538     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000184609.15196.4f     Document Type: Editorial

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