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Asterixis

MedGen UID:
115916
Concept ID:
C0232766
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Flapping tremor; Liver flap
SNOMED CT: Asterixis (32838008); Flapping tremor (32838008); Liver flap (32838008)
 
HPO: HP:0012164

Definition

A clinical sign indicating a lapse of posture and is usually manifest by a bilateral flapping tremor at the wrist, metacarpophalangeal, and hip joints. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Tater P, Pandey S
Neurol India 2021 Mar-Apr;69(2):272-283. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.314574. PMID: 33904435
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Laganiere S, Boes AD, Fox MD
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World J Gastroenterol 2012 Feb 28;18(8):767-77. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i8.767. PMID: 22371636Free PMC Article
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Diagnosis

Redfield R, Latt N, Munoz SJ
Clin Liver Dis 2024 May;28(2):237-252. Epub 2024 Feb 8 doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2024.01.004. PMID: 38548436
Ellul MA, Cross TJ, Larner AJ
Pract Neurol 2017 Jan;17(1):60-62. Epub 2016 Nov 2 doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2016-001393. PMID: 27807107
Defebvre L, Krystkowiak P
Rev Neurol (Paris) 2016 Aug-Sep;172(8-9):483-487. Epub 2016 Jul 28 doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2016.07.006. PMID: 27476417
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Tassinari CA, Rubboli G, Gardella E
Clin Neurosci 1995-1996;3(4):209-13. PMID: 8891393

Therapy

Cerrella Cano C, Junquera Alonso E, Terroba Alonso M, Cano Calderero FX, Seoane Blanco L, Armesto González EM
Rev Esp Enferm Dig 2022 Jan;114(1):56. doi: 10.17235/reed.2021.8129/2021. PMID: 34154371
Jiménez-Jiménez FJ, Puertas I, de Toledo-Heras M
CNS Drugs 2004;18(2):93-104. doi: 10.2165/00023210-200418020-00003. PMID: 14728056
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Neurol Clin 1993 Aug;11(3):625-38. PMID: 8377747
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Folia Psychiatr Neurol Jpn 1985;39(4):507-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1985.tb00804.x. PMID: 3833629

Prognosis

Vidal-Cevallos P, Chávez-Tapia NC, Uribe M
Ann Hepatol 2022 Nov-Dec;27(6):100757. Epub 2022 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.aohep.2022.100757. PMID: 36115576
Tater P, Pandey S
Neurol India 2021 Mar-Apr;69(2):272-283. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.314574. PMID: 33904435
Defebvre L, Krystkowiak P
Rev Neurol (Paris) 2016 Aug-Sep;172(8-9):483-487. Epub 2016 Jul 28 doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2016.07.006. PMID: 27476417
Agarwal R, Baid R
J Postgrad Med 2016 Apr-Jun;62(2):115-7. doi: 10.4103/0022-3859.180572. PMID: 27089111Free PMC Article
Schiano TD
Pharmacotherapy 2010 May;30(5 Pt 2):10S-5S. doi: 10.1592/phco.30.pt2.10S. PMID: 20412035

Clinical prediction guides

Chouksey A, Pandey S
Eur Neurol 2021;84(2):124-128. Epub 2021 Mar 22 doi: 10.1159/000514106. PMID: 33752203
Laganiere S, Boes AD, Fox MD
Neurology 2016 Jun 7;86(23):2187-95. Epub 2016 May 11 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002741. PMID: 27170566Free PMC Article
Wahba M, Waln O
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Tassinari CA, Rubboli G, Gardella E
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Recent systematic reviews

Clericetti CM, Milani GP, Lava SAG, Bianchetti MG, Simonetti GD, Giannini O
Pediatr Nephrol 2018 Mar;33(3):485-491. Epub 2017 Nov 13 doi: 10.1007/s00467-017-3829-7. PMID: 29134448
Eltawil KM, Laryea M, Peltekian K, Molinari M
World J Gastroenterol 2012 Feb 28;18(8):767-77. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i8.767. PMID: 22371636Free PMC Article
Singh S, Kumar A
Neurology 2007 Mar 13;68(11):807-11. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000256812.29648.86. PMID: 17353468

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