Lacunar thalamic stroke proclivity for falls

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-85

  Nagaratnam, Nages ^a   Leung, Harry ^a   Bou Haider, Pascal ^a  

^a Aged Care and Rehab Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lacunar stroke; Recurrent falls; Thalamic stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BALANCE DISORDER; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STROKE; THALAMUS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; THALAMIC DISEASES; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1342305120     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2004.0074.x     Document Type: Article

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