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Neurological sign
Asterixis
Abstract
Adams and Foley described asterixis in the 1940s in patients with hepatic encephalopathy, but it has since been associated with a wide range of potential causes, both in neurology and general medicine. Here, we review the history, characteristics and clinical significance of this important clinical sign.
- asterixis
- encephalopathy
- hepatic encephalopathy
- MYOCLONUS
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Footnotes
Contributors MAE and AJL both contributed to literature review, writing and editing of the manuscript. TJC helped with the patient video and reviewed the manuscript.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent Obtained.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed. This paper was reviewed by David Nicholl, Birmingham, UK.
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