Acute infarct of the corpus callosum presenting as alien hand syndrome: evidence of diffusion weighted imaging and magnetic resonance angiography

BMC Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yuan, Jun L ^a   Wang, Shuang K ^a   Guo, Xiao J ^a   Hu, Wen L ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; AGRAPHIA; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; AMNESIA; APHASIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM ACUTE INFARCTION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIASOMATOGNOSIA; HEMIBALLISM; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

AGED; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; APRAXIAS; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CORONARY DISEASE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS;

EID: 80655139161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-142     Document Type: Article

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