Sign or Symptom
asterixis
as·ter·ix·is
Definitions related to asterixis:
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A clinical sign indicating a lapse of posture and is usually manifest by a bilateral flapping tremor at the wrist, metacarpophalangeal, and hip joints.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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A tremor of the wrist that is observed when the wrist is extended.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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