Anarchic hand syndrome following resection of a frontal lobe tumor

Neurocase

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-40

  Bakheit, A M O ^a   Brennan, A ^a   Gan, P ^b   Green, H ^a   Roberts, S ^a  

^a Moseley Hall Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien hand syndrome; Anarchic hand syndrome; Frontal lobe tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCORING SYSTEM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84872396981     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2011.654213     Document Type: Article

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