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  2. Kernig's sign - Wikipedia

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    Kernig's sign is a test used in physical examination to look for evidence of irritation of the meninges.The test involves flexing the thighs at the hip, and the knees, at 90 degree angles, and assessing whether subsequent extension of the knee is painful (leading to resistance), in which case it is deemed positive. [1]

  3. Meningism - Wikipedia

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    Meningism is a set of symptoms similar to those of meningitis but not caused by meningitis. [1] [3] [4] Whereas meningitis is inflammation of the meninges (membranes that cover the central nervous system), meningism is caused by nonmeningitic irritation of the meninges, usually associated with acute febrile illness, [1] [2] especially in children and adolescents. [2]

  4. Woldemar Kernig - Wikipedia

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    Woldemar Kernig, better known as Vladimir Mikhailovich Kernig (Latvian: Voldemārs Kernigs; Russian: Владимир Михайлович Керниг; 28 June 1840 – 18 April 1917) was a notable Russian and Baltic German internist and neurologist whose medical discoveries saved thousands of people with meningitis. He is best known for his ...

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  8. Meningitis - Wikipedia

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    Kernig's sign is assessed with the person lying supine, with the hip and knee flexed to 90 degrees. In a person with a positive Kernig's sign, pain limits passive extension of the knee. A positive Brudzinski's sign occurs when flexion of the neck causes involuntary flexion of the knee and hip. Although Kernig's sign and Brudzinski's sign are ...

  9. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    Joffroy's sign I at Whonamedit? lack of forehead wrinkling when patient looks up with head bowed Jolly's test: Friedrich Jolly: neurology: myasthenia gravis or Eaton–Lambert syndrome: electromyography test using repeated stimuli to show fatiguability in myasthenia Jones criteria: T. Duckett Jones: rheumatology: rheumatic fever