[Significance of the blink reflex in the Wallenberg syndrome].
The blink reflex was studied in 38 cases with lateral medullary lesions (Wallenberg syndrome). Twenty-one blink reflexes were abnormal. The most common abnormality is an afferent delay in the late reflex on the side of the lesion with a normal early reflex. This abnormality is not pathognomonic of the Wallenberg syndrome. The physiopathogeny is discussed.
Neau
J P
JP
Clinique neurologique, hôpital Jean-Bernard, Poitiers, France.
Gil
R
R
Rosolacci
T
T
Jonveaux
T
T
Burbaud
P
P
Agbo
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C
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001767:Blinking / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014854:Lateral Medullary Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology
Apports du réflexe trigémino-facial dans l'étude du syndrome de Wallenberg.