| Descriptor English: | Reflex | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | Reflejo 
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Reflexo | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Réflexe | ||||
| Tree number(s): | E01.370.376.550.650 E01.370.600.550.650 F02.830.702 G11.561.731 | ||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012018 | ||||
| Scope note: | An involuntary movement or exercise of function in a part, excited in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the brain or spinal cord. | ||||
| Annotation: | areflexia, hyporeflexia, hyperreflexia, loss of reflex: index under REFLEX, ABNORMAL | ||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | DE                                                            drug effects ES ethics GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects | ||||
| History Note: | REFLEX, BABINSKI was BABINSKI REFLEX see under REFLEX, ABNORMAL 1968-89 | ||||
| DeCS ID: | 12439 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D012018 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1960/01/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2016/06/22 | 
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                | Concept UI | M0018684 | 
| Scope note | An involuntary movement or exercise of function in a part, excited in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the brain or spinal cord. | 
| Preferred term | Reflex | 
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