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The elbow flex-ex: a new sign to detect unilateral upper extremity non-organic paresis

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  • Thomas L Lombardi Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Edward Barton Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jingtian Wang Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Dawn S Eliashiv Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jeffrey M Chung Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Abirami Muthukumaran Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Evgeny I Tsimerinov Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Thomas L Lombardi, Intermountain Salt Lake Clinic, 389 S 900 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, USA; thomas.lombardi{at}imail.org
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Lombardi TL, Barton E, Wang J, et al
The elbow flex-ex: a new sign to detect unilateral upper extremity non-organic paresis
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2014;85:165-167.

Publication history

  • Received October 7, 2012
  • Revised April 4, 2013
  • Accepted April 14, 2013
  • First published May 21, 2013.
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April 13, 2016

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