Right sided weakness with right subdural hematoma: Motor deafferentation of left hemisphere resulted in paralysis of the right side

Brain Injury

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 770-774

  Derakhshan, Iraj ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainedness; Deafferentation; Diaschisis; Laterality of seizure onset; Major hemisphere; Minor hemisphere; Neural handedness

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEAFFERENTATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARALYSIS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

EID: 69349103764     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050903120373     Document Type: Article

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