- Dejerine sign
- aggravation of symptoms of radiculitis produced by coughing, sneezing, and straining at stool.
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Dejerine sign
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Dejerine–Sottas disease — Dejerine–Sottas syndrome Classification and external resources ICD 10 G60.0 ICD 9 356.0 … Wikipedia
Dejerine disease sign syndrome — De·je·rine disease, sign, syndrome (dĕ zhĕ rēnґ) [Joseph Jules Dejerine, French neurologist, 1849–1917] see progressive hypertrophic neuropathy, under neuropathy, and see under sign and syndrome … Medical dictionary
Sign — Any abnormality that indicates a disease process, such as a change in appearance, sensation, or function, that is observed by a physician when evaluating a patient. * * * 1. Any abnormality indicative of disease, discoverable on examination of… … Medical dictionary
Dejerine-Lichtheim phenomenon — De·je·rine Licht·heim phenomenon (dĕ zhĕ rēnґ liktґhīm) [J.J. Dejerine; Ludwig Lichtheim, German physician, 1845–1928] Lichtheim sign … Medical dictionary
Dejerine — Joseph J., Paris neurologist, 1849–1917. See D. disease, D. hand phenomenon, D. reflex, D. sign, D. Roussy syndrome, D. Sottas disease, D. Klumpke syndrome, Landouzy D. dystrophy … Medical dictionary
Dejerine-Lichtheim phenomenon — Lichtheim sign … Medical dictionary
Lichtheim sign — in some types of motor aphasia the patient cannot speak but can indicate with fingers the number of syllables in a word being thought of. Called also Dejerine Lichtheim phenomenon … Medical dictionary
Reflex — A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The nasal reflex is a sneeze. * * * 1. An involuntary reaction in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the… … Medical dictionary
phenomenon — 1. A symptom; an occurrence of any sort, whether ordinary or extraordinary, in relation to a disease. 2. Any unusual fact or occurrence. [G. phainomenon, fr. phaino, to cause to appear] adhesion p. a p. manifested by the adherence of antigen… … Medical dictionary
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
