Middle cerebral artery territory infarction sparing the precentral gyrus: Report of three cases

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 510-512

  Portera Cailliau, C ^a,b,c   Doherty, C P ^a,b   Buonanno, F S ^a   Feske, S K ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037381475     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.4.510     Document Type: Article

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