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Rosenbach sign (hemiplegia)
Rosenbach sign or phenomenon is a clinical sign described in hemiplegia.
The sign refers to the absence of an abdominal wall skin reflex when stroking the paralyzed side of a patient; conversely on the unaffected side, the reflex is normal 1.
See also
Rosenbach gave his name to two other cli...
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Rosenbach sign (eye)
The Rosenbach sign of the eyes is a clinical sign of Graves disease. It consists of fine tremors of the eyelids when gently closed 1,2.
History and etymology
Ottomar Ernst Felix Rosenbach (1851-1907), a German physician born in Prussian County in Silesia, graduated from medicine in Breslau in ...