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. 2021 Dec;21(6):541-542.
doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2020-002890. Epub 2021 Apr 1.

Superficial abdominal reflexes

Tomislav Sambolic  1 , Dominik Ljubas  1 , Ivan Jovanovic  2 , Mario Habek  3   4
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Superficial abdominal reflexes

Tomislav Sambolic et al. Pract Neurol. 2021 Dec.

Abstract

The superficial abdominal reflexes are often omitted from neurological examination, but their absence or asymmetry may support a lesion involving the thoracic spinal cord, especially in young, nulliparous and thin people.

Keywords: clinical neurology.

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