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Leichtenstern's sign
Also known as:
Leichtenstern’s meningitis sign
Leichtenstern’s phenomenon
Leichtenstern’s phenomenon in meningitis cerebrospinalis epidemica
Associated persons:
Otto Michael Ludwig Leichtenstern
Description:
A phenomenon reckoned among the indirect signs of meningitis. By percussion on one of the extremity knuckles of the sick person, there is a tic, usually associated with a scream.
Bibliography:
- O. Leichtenstern:
Über epidemische Meningitis.
Deutsche medicinische Wochenschrift, Berlin, 1885, 11: 537-540.
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