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. 1979 Oct;42(10):943–947. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.42.10.943

Tonic vibration reflex in Holmes-Adie syndrome: an electrophysiological study

Giovanni Abbruzzese 1, Michele Abbruzzese 1, Emilio Favale 1, Sandro Ratto 1
PMCID: PMC490369  PMID: 512669

Abstract

The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying benign areflexia were studied in six patients with Holmes-Adie syndrome. No impairment of sensory conduction velocity of sural nerve was found. A normal tonic vibration reflex was obtained in all patients. H reflex was absent in five patients, but responses like F waves were recorded in three subjects. These findings suggest that muscle spindles are not affected and that spinal motoneurone excitability is normal.

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