- Westphal nucleus sign (phenomenon)
- West·phal nucleus, sign (phenomenon) (vestґfahl) [Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal, German neurologist, 1833–1890] see under sign, and see nucleus nervi accessorii.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Westphal nucleus sign (phenomenon)
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