Magnus and de Kleijn neck reflexes

Magnus and de Kleijn neck reflexes
extension of both ipsilateral limbs, or one, or part of a limb, and increase of tonus on the side to which the chin is turned when the head is rotated to the side, and flexion with loss of tonus on the side to which the occiput points; a sign of decerebrate rigidity except in infants. See also tonic neck r.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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