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Tinel-Hoffmann sign — Also known as Tinel s sign, Tinel s sign of formication, Tinel s symptom, and Hoffmann Tinel sign. The eponym Tinel Hoffmann sign refers to the French neurologist Jules Tinel (18791952), and the German physiologist Paul Hoffmann (1884 1962),… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Hoffmann reflex — Hoffmann sign (def. 2) … Medical dictionary
Hoffmann's sign — In medicine, Hoffmann s sign, named after the German neurologist, Johann Hoffmann [WhoNamedIt|synd|3740] [P. Hoffmann. Über eine Methode, den Erfolg einer Nervennaht zu beurteilen. Medizinische Klinik, March 28, 1915b, 11 (13): 359 360.] (born… … Wikipedia
Hoffmann-Tinel sign — see Tinel Hoffmann sign … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Hoffmann phenomenon — increased excitability to electrical stimulation in the sensory nerves; the ulnar nerve is usually tested. Called also Hoffmann sign … 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
Hoffmann, Max — ▪ German general born Jan. 25, 1869, Homberg an der Efze, Hesse [Germany] died July 8, 1927, Bad Reichenhall, Ger. German officer who was primarily responsible for several striking German victories on the Eastern Front in World War I.… … Universalium
Hoffmann's sign — finger flexion reflex an abnormal reflex elicited by flicking the distal phalanx of the patient s middle finger sharply downwards. Hoffmann s sign is positive when there is a brisk flexion response in the index finger and thumb. It indicates an… … The new mediacal dictionary
Hoffmann phenomenon sign (reflex) — Hoff·mann phenomenon, sign (reflex) (hawfґmahn) [Johann Hoffmann, German neurologist, 1857–1919] see under phenomenon and sign … Medical dictionary
Hoffmann-Tinel-Zeichen — Das Hoffmann Tinel Zeichen ist ein klinisches Zeichen, das in der neurologischen Untersuchung unter bestimmten Fragestellungen geprüft wird. Es verweist auf demyelinisierende und remyelinisierende Prozesse von peripheren Nerven. Benannt ist es… … Deutsch Wikipedia
