Late contralateral hyperhidrosis in lateral medullary infarcts

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 991-995

  Rousseaux, Marc ^a   Hurtevent, Jean François ^a   Benaim, Charles ^a   Cassim, Francois ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

autonomic dysfunctions; cerebral infarction; medulla oblongata; sweating; Wallenberg's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TRUNK;

EID: 0029881014     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.5.991     Document Type: Article

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