A case of the corpus callosum and alien hand syndrome from a discrete paracallosal lesion

Neurocase

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-285

  Faber, Raymond ^a,b,c   Azad, Alvi ^c,d   Reinsvold, Richard ^d  

^a Laurel Ridge Treatment Center   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agraphia; Apraxia; Paracallosal lesion; Split brain syndrome; Syndrome of hemisphere disconnection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM SYNDROME; HEMIZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME;

ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

EID: 77954582481     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790903456217     Document Type: Article

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