Ischemic stroke of the cortical "hand knob" area: Stroke mechanisms and prognosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 256, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1146-1151

  Peters, Nils ^a   Müller Schunk, Stefanie ^a   Freilinger, Tobias ^a   Düring, Marco ^a   Pfefferkorn, Thomas ^a   Dichgans, Martin ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical; Hand knob; Precentral gyrus; Prognosis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HAND PARESIS; HEART; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANKIN SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PARESIS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 67650453692     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5104-8     Document Type: Article

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