Alien hand syndrome and dystonia in a pediatric patient

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1557-1559

  Soman, Teesta ^a,b   Steeves, Thomas D L ^b   Lang, Anthony E ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HEMIDYSTONIA; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 69849114474     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22620     Document Type: Article

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