Painful tonic spasms and pure motor hemiparesis due to lacunar pontine infarct

Movement Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1094-1096

  Kellett, M W ^a   Young, G R ^a   Fletcher, N A ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030668047     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870120646     Document Type: Article

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