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ABSENT LOWER LIMB REFLEXES WITH EXTENSOR PLANTAR RESPONSE |
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diabetes mellitus + cervical myelopathy motor neurone disease Friedreich's ataxia taboparesis (= tabes dorsalis [extensor plantars] + general paresis [absent reflexes]) subacute combined degeneration of cord (B 12 deficiency)conus medullaris syndrome (but not cauda equina compression which gives only LMN lesions) |
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