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Léri's sign
Also known as:
Léri’s phenomenon
Léri’s reflex
Associated persons:
André Léri
Description:
A pyramidal sign, or joint reflex seen in spastic hemiplegia. In passive flexion of fingers and forcible wrist flexion there is a reflex flexion of the elbow joint.
Bibliography:
- A. Léri, in:
Revue neurologique, Paris, 1913, 25: 277.
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