Absence of the Babinski sign in brain death: a prospective study of 144 cases

J Neurol. 2005 Jan;252(1):106-7. doi: 10.1007/s00415-005-0605-6.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Brain Death / diagnosis*
  • Brain Death / physiopathology*
  • Diagnostic Errors / prevention & control
  • Female
  • Foot / innervation
  • Foot / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Skeletal / innervation
  • Muscle, Skeletal / physiopathology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pyramidal Tracts / physiopathology
  • Reflex / physiology
  • Reflex, Babinski / etiology*
  • Reflex, Babinski / physiopathology*
  • Spinal Cord / physiopathology