Detection of focal cerebral hemisphere lesions using the neurological examination

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 545-549

  Anderson, Neil E ^a   Mason, D F ^a,c   Fink, J N ^a,c   Bergin, P S ^a   Charleston, A J ^a   Gamble, G D ^b  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SPASTICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APRAXIAS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 16844367442     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.043679     Document Type: Article

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