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- Title
Topodiagnostic value of brain stem reflexes.
- Authors
Hopf, Hanns C.
- Abstract
The masseter and medial pterygoid stretch reflexes, the masseter inhibitory reflexes, and the blink reflexes are useful diagnostic tools for evaluation of brain stem disorders. The structures mediating these reflexes are largely known. Characteristic changes of the normal response patterns due to various lesions have been described. Distinct reflex abnormalities indicate lesions at specific sites. Multireflex testing improves the accuracy with which localization can be made. A number of lesions suspected on clinical data may be confirmed by reflex findings only and not by imaging studies. Reflex testing can be utilized to demonstrate multiple lesions evoked by a single vascular event and evaluate dissemination of central nervous involvement in multiple sclerosis patients. © 1994 John & Sons, Inc.
- Publication
Muscle & Nerve, 1994, Vol 17, Issue 5, p475
- ISSN
0148-639X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/mus.880170502