Unilateral asterixis: A useful lateralizing neurological sign

{Figure 1} [MULTIMEDIA:1] Acute transient behavioral abnormality without motor/sensory deficit is not unusual in patients with basal ganglia (especially caudate) stroke. Unilateral asterixis is always associated with a contralateral structural abnormality of the brain involving the medial frontal lo...

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Published in:Neurology India 2016-05, Vol.64 (3), p.561-562, Article 561
Main Authors: Paliwal, Vimal, Anand, Sucharita, Kumar, Surendra, Ambesh, Paurush
Format: Article
Language:English
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Behavior
Dyskinesias
Functional Laterality
Humans
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Summary:{Figure 1} [MULTIMEDIA:1] Acute transient behavioral abnormality without motor/sensory deficit is not unusual in patients with basal ganglia (especially caudate) stroke. Unilateral asterixis is always associated with a contralateral structural abnormality of the brain involving the medial frontal lobe (anterior cerebral artery infarcts), parietal lobe, basal ganglia, thalamus, brain stem, and cerebellum.
ISSN:0028-3886
1998-4022
DOI:10.4103/0028-3886.181582