Alien hand syndrome of the dominant hand and ideomotor apraxia of the nondominant hand

European Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-42

  Kischka, Udo ^a   Ettlin, Thierry M ^b   Lichtenstern, Lena ^b   Riedo, Christian ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Rehabilitation Center   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alien hand syndrome; Ideomotor apraxia; Perseveration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HAND FUNCTION; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029655426     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117198     Document Type: Article

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