Alien hand syndrome in stroke case report & neurophysiologic study -

Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 556-560

  Park, Yong Won ^a   Kim, Chang Hwan ^a   Kim, Myeong Ok ^a   Jeong, Hyung Joon ^a   Jung, Han Young ^a  

^a Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alien hand syndrome; Anterior cerebral artery infarction; Neurophysiologic studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867161139     PISSN: 22340645     EISSN: 22340653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5535/arm.2012.36.4.556     Document Type: Article

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