Hemisensory syndrome is associated with a low diagnostic yield and a nearly uniform benign prognosis

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1113-1116

  Toth, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMISENSORY SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STROKE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0042706225     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.74.8.1113     Document Type: Article

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