Mixed alien hand syndrome coexisting with left-sided extinction secondary to a left corpus callosal lesion: A case report

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 248-250

  Lin, Ji Ho ^a   Kwan, Shang Yeong ^b   Wu, Dean ^c  

^a TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MIN SHENG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alien hand syndrome (AHS); Corpus callosum; Disconnection syndrome; Tactile extinction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; STROKE;

EID: 33847704150     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21241     Document Type: Article

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