Recovery from spatial neglect and hemiplegia in a child despite a large anterior circulation stroke and wallerian degeneration

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 500-503

  Kleinman, Jonathan T ^a   Gailloud, Philippe ^a   Jordan, Lori C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Spatial neglect; Stroke recovery; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN III; PROTEIN C; WARFARIN;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; THORAX DRAINAGE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHILD; HUMANS; INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 77950927760     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809339060     Document Type: Article

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