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Biernacki's sign
Also known as:
Biernacki's phenomenon
Associated persons:
Edmund Faustyn Biernacki
Description:
Analgesia to percussion of the ulnear nerve in tabes dorsalis and dementia paralytica. In healthy persons this percussion will cause pain.
Bibliography:
- F. A. Biernacki:
Analgesi der Ulnarisstammes als Tabessymptom.
Neurologisches Centralblatt, 1894, 12: 242-246.
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