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NEUROLOGY 1980;30:189
© 1980 American Academy of Neurology

Three primitive reflexes in parkinsonism patients

M. Douglas Gossman, M. D. and Lawrence Jacobs, M.D.

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH (Dr. Gossman), the Harry M. Dent Neurologic Institute, Millard Fillmore Hospital, and the State University of New York, School of Medicine at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (Dr. Jacobs).

one or more of three primitive reflexes (palmomental, snout, and corneomandibular) was elicited in 63.8% of 58 parkinsonism patients in the sixth through ninth decades of life. The incidences of the palmomental and snout reflexes in parkinsonism patients did not differ significantly from the incidences in 60 normal subjects of similar ages. The incidence of the corneomandibular reflex in parkinsonism patients was approximately 21/2 times greater than the incidence observed in the normal subjects. The high incidence of the corneomandibular reflex in parkinsonism appears to be related to the disease, but the incidences observed for the palmomental and snout reflexes can be attributed to aging.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Jacobs, Dent Neurologic Institute, 3 Gates Circle, Buffalo, NY 14209.

Accepted for publication July 16, 1979.

Supported in part by grants from the Harry M. Dent Family Foundation, Inc., and Sportsystems, Inc, Buffalo, NY.




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