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"dumb" plantar reflexes. SM

Posted By: Margaret Walker on 2006-10-14
In Reply to: I have never heard "dumb" in place of "mute" or "null." SM - with glimepiride? (Amaryl?)Margaret

Subject: "dumb" plantar reflexes. SM

Please excuse the extra words in my post, the antihyperglycemic and Amaryl.  I did not type those words, and I can't understand how I "messed up" such that they ended up in my answer.  (??) 


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