Brown-Séquard syndrome
(brown′sā-kar′)
[Charles E. Brown-Séquard, Fr. physician, 1817-1894]
Hemisection of the spinal cord with: paralysis, loss of position and vibratory sense, and ataxia on the same side of the body as the lesion; and loss of pain and temperature sensitivity on the side opposite the lesion.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Brown-Séquard Syndrome." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754896/all/Brown_Séquard_syndrome.
Brown-Séquard syndrome. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754896/all/Brown_Séquard_syndrome. Accessed May 26, 2019.
Brown-Séquard syndrome. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754896/all/Brown_Séquard_syndrome
Brown-Séquard Syndrome [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 May 26]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754896/all/Brown_Séquard_syndrome.
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