Clumsy hand syndrome due to a localised cortical lesion in the primary sensory cortex in neuromyelitis optica

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 559-560

  Isose, Sagiri ^a   Mori, Masahiro ^a   Takahashi, Nobuyoshi ^b   Ito, Shoichi ^a   Kuwabara, Satoshi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CLUMSY HAND SYNDROME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COORDINATION DISORDER; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PARAPLEGIA; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; HAND; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNDROME;

FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953863296     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.225870     Document Type: Article

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