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To the Editor: In describing the image of the Babinski sign in an infant, Neelon and Harvey (Jan. 21 issue)¹ state that the "reflex is present in normal newborn infants and disappears as the central nervous system matures." Although this statement has been made in many textbooks, it does not reflect my experience in 28 years of practicing pediatric neurology. The findings that refute this concept were reported by Hogan and Milligan in the Journal in 1971.² They studied 100 newborns ranging in age from two hours to seven days. Ninety-three of the infants had bilateral flexor plantar responses, four . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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