Apraxia of lid opening due to a small lesion in basal ganglia: Two case reports

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1406-1407

  Hirose, Masaki ^a,b   Mochizuki, Hitoshi ^a   Honma, Mari ^c   Kobayashi, Toru ^d   Nishizawa, Masatoyo ^b   Ugawa, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Masu Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^d HOSHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APRAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EYELID; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; APRAXIAS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESIS; THALAMIC DISEASES; THALAMUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649622903     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.184846     Document Type: Letter

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