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Deep Tendon Reflex

Known as: DTR, Deep tendon reflexes, deep reflexes tendon 
Contraction of a muscle triggered by a signal from a muscle spindle in response to a stimulus applied to a specific trigger point on the body. The… 
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2004
2004
Purpose To determine the pattern of change in peripheral nerve function (as measured by vision, hearing, deep tendon reflexes… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
What services do physicians provide in response to the request for a periodic health examination? The answer to this question… 
1991
1991
Hydatid disease is an infestation by the larval stages of Echinococcus granulosus. In man, the liver and lungs are the organs… 
1986
1986
Etude des serums de 96 sujets atteints de sclerose en plaques ou d'autres maladies neurologiques, dans des hopitaux parisiens, et… 
1981
1981
We report a nonprogressive neurological disorder in at least 11 Hutterites with healthy but consanguineous parents. In several of… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
A 31‐year‐old male is described who has macular cherry‐red spots, increased deep tendon reflexes and myoclonus without dementia… 
1972
1972
IN 1963, Klein and his co-workers1 described a variant of periodic paralysis in which intermittent attacks of muscular paralysis… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
SINCE the introduction of diphenylhydantoin by Merritt and Putnam 1 in 1938, it has been the drug of choice in the treatment of…