Denial of eye closure in acute stroke.
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Denial of eye closure in acute stroke.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Many patients suffering from stroke exhibit denial of illness. As part of this symptom complex we observed denial of eye closure. We therefore aimed to document the frequency and phenomenology of denial of eye closure in acute stroke. METHODS Denial of eye closure was sought in 43 cases of denial of illness from a series of 400 acute strokes. Subjects underwent a neurol...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.25.10.1958