Unilateral asterixis after thalamic hemorrhage
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Pathophysiology of unilateral asterixis due to thalamic lesion.
OBJECTIVE Unilateral asterixis has been reported in patients with thalamic lesion. This study aims at elucidating the pathophysiology of the thalamic asterixis. METHODS Two cases with unilateral asterixis caused by an infarction in the lateral thalamus were studied by analysing the asterixis-related cortical activities, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for motor cortex excitability and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0028-3878,1526-632X
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000194263.21923.71