The clinic nurse is assessing infant reflexes.What assessment indicates a persistence of primitive reflexes?

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Persistence of primitive reflexes is one of the earliest clues to CP (e.g.,obligatory tonic neck reflex at any age or nonobligatory persistence beyond 6 months of age and the persistence or even hyperactivity of the Moro,plantar,and palmar grasp reflexes).The palmar grasp disappears by 6 months,the plantar grasp disappears by 12 months,and the rooting reflex disappears at 4 months,so these are normal findings.

The Clinic Nurse Is Assessing Infant Reflexes