The alien hand syndrome: Classification of forms reported and discussion of a new condition

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 252-257

  Aboitiz, F ^a   Carrasco, X ^b   Schroter C ^b   Zaidel, D ^c   Zaidel, E ^c   Lavados, M ^d  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Agonistic dyspraxia; Alien hand; Corpus callosum; Diagnostic dyspraxia; Frontal lobe; Parietal lobe; Split brain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPRAXIA; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; NOMENCLATURE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SENSATION;

APRAXIAS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CORPUS CALLOSUM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0345602773     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-003-0149-4     Document Type: Article

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