Alien Hand Syndrome

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 292-294

  Biran, I ^a   Chatterjee, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR; HAND MOVEMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

APRAXIAS; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; HAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NERVE DEGENERATION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 1042268034     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.2.292     Document Type: Review

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