Three arms: a case study of supernumerary phantom limb after right hemisphere stroke.
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Three arms: a case study of supernumerary phantom limb after right hemisphere stroke.
A case of supernumerary phantom limb is described after a haematoma within the right basal ganglia. The phantom, which persisted for many months, occurred in the context of severe left hemiplegia, sensory loss, hemianopia, and neglect. The subjective reality of this "third arm" caused the patient considerable distress, which was not ameliorated by his attempts to rationalise its existence. Alth...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.56.2.159