title: Chvostek sign, frequently found in healthy subjects, is not a useful clinical sign.
abstract: A healthy, 26-year-old resident (video) presented with a bilateral Chvostek sign. This finding prompted us to search for the sign in young healthy subjects in our ward, mainly residents and medical students. We found this sign in 6 of 11 subjects.
authors.affiliation: Département de Neurologie, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: Aurélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Méneret
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guey
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Degos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult