The alien limb phenomenon

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1880-1888

  Graff Radford, Jonathan ^a   Rubin, Mark N ^a   Jones, David T ^a   Aksamit, Allen J ^a   Ahlskog, J Eric ^a   Knopman, David S ^a   Petersen, Ronald C ^a   Boeve, Bradley F ^a   Josephs, Keith A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien limb; Corticobasal syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; BRAIN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE;

EID: 84880302013     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-6898-y     Document Type: Article

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