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Opisthotonos
Call your Health Care Provider if
Go to the emergency room, or see your physician immediately if this symptom occurs! Typically, however, opisthotonos is a symptom that follows late in the course of other conditions which are serious enough that medical attention will already have been sought.
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• Definition
• Opisthotonos: Overview & Considerations
• Opisthotonos: Common Causes
• Opisthotonos: Home Care & Treatment
• Call your Health Care Provider if
• What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office
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Review Date : 10/23/2003
Reviewed By : Elaine T. Kiriakopoulos, M.D., M.Sc., Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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