Taber's Medical Dictionary
Chvostek sign
(vos′tek, kvos′)
[Franz Chvostek, Austrian surgeon, 1835-1884]
A spasm of the facial muscles following a tap on the facial nerve; seen in hypocalcemic tetany.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Chvostek Sign." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732398/all/Chvostek_sign.
Chvostek sign. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732398/all/Chvostek_sign. Accessed June 10, 2023.
Chvostek sign. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732398/all/Chvostek_sign
Chvostek Sign [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 June 10]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/732398/all/Chvostek_sign.
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