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Gary Horowitz, DO; Bernard Rubin, DO; Richard I. Katz, MD
Department of Medicine Albert Einstein Medical Center-Northern Division York and Tabor Roads Philadelphia, PA 19141

Arch Neurol. 1981;38(7):472.

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"Asterixis" is a commonly used descriptive clinical term. In our report, we defined it as an asynchronous but bilateral flapping movement of the hands, best appreciated when the hands are dorsiflexed and the fingers widely spread apart. Both of our patients demonstrated such phenomena. Neither multifocal myoclonus nor action myoclonus was observed in either of our two patients. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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