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<div>Kernig's sign is one of the physically demonstrable symptoms of meningitis. Severe stiffness of the hamstrings causes an inability to straighten the leg when the hip is flexed to 90 degrees.<br></div> | |||
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Manmohan Mehndiratta, Rajeev Nayak, Hitesh Garg, Munish Kumar, and Sanjay Pandey. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548367/ Appraisal of Kernig's and Brudzinski's sign in meningitis]. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2012 Oct-Dec; 15(4): 287–288. | |||
== Resources | Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3788317/ Improved sensitivity of Kernig's and Brudzinski's sign in diagnosing meningitis in children]. <span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2013 Jul-Sep; 16(3): 460–461.</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span> | ||
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Manmohan Mehndiratta, Rajeev Nayak, Hitesh Garg, Munish Kumar, and Sanjay Pandey. Appraisal of Kernig's and Brudzinski's sign in meningitis. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2012 Oct-Dec; 15(4): 287–288.
Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu. Improved sensitivity of Kernig's and Brudzinski's sign in diagnosing meningitis in children. Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2013 Jul-Sep; 16(3): 460–461.
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