Limitations of the Ankle Jerk Test.

Autor: Rives, Kathleen L., Furth, Eugene D., Becker, David V.
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Zdroj: Annals of Internal Medicine; Jun65, Vol. 62 Issue 6, p1139, 8p
Abstrakt: Presents a study designed to evaluate critically in large group of subjects the general usefulness of the timed ankle jerk as a diagnostic test of thyroid function. Association of prolonged deep tendon reflexes with myxedema; Attempts to quantify the phenomenon; Basis for comparison of the ankle jerk with other procedures.
Databáze: Complementary Index