Brown-Séquard syndrome results in which neurologic deficit?
a. Bilateral loss of pain sensation below the level of injury
b. Bilateral loss of temperature and motor function below the level of injury
c. Motor and sensory loss in the upper ex-tremities only
d. Ipsilateral loss of motor function and con-tralateral loss of pain sensation and tem-perature
D
Brown-Séquard syndrome is a hemisection of the cord resulting in ipsilateral motor loss and contralateral loss of pain and temperature.
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