Asymmetrical alien hands in corticobasal degeneration

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 581-584

  FitzGerald, David B ^a,b   Drago, Valeria ^a   Jeong, Yong ^a   Chang, Yu Ling ^a   White, Keith D ^b,c   Heilman, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien limb; Corticobasal degeneration; Mitgehen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; HUMAN; LIMB DEFECT; MALE; MITGEHEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

AGNOSIA; ATROPHY; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FRONTAL LOBE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TAU PROTEINS; TOUCH; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34247272399     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21337     Document Type: Article

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