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Westphal's phenomenon II
Also known as:
Westphal's sign
Westphals paradoxes Tibialisphänomen (German)
Associated persons:
Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal
Description:
In passive dorsal flexion of the foot this remains fixed in dorsal flexation.
Bibliography:
- C. F. O. Westphal:
Über eine dem Bilde der cerebrospinalen grauen Degeneration ähnliche Erankung des centralen Nervensystems ohne anatomischen Befund, nebst einigen Bemerkungen über paradoxe Contraction.
Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten, Berlin, 1883, 14: 87-134.
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