Erb-Westphal sign

Erb-Westphal sign definition - medical

Erb-Westphal sign

noun
An indication of tabes and certain other spinal cord diseases and, occasionally, of brain disease in which the patellar tendon reflex is absent. Also called Erb's sign, Westphal-Erb sign, Westphal's sign.

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