Pure Hemi-Chorea Resulting from an Acute Phase of Contralateral Thalamic Lacunar Infarction: A Case Report

Background: Thalamic lesions give rise to a variety of clinical syndromes such as pure sensory stroke, ataxic hemiparesis, and rarely involuntary movements including chorea. Generally and classically, lacunar infarction in the subthalamic nucleus has been regarded as the lesion mainly responsible fo...

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Main Authors: Teruyuki Takahashi, Hideaki Kanamori, Rihiro Shigehara, Sachiko Nonaka Takahashi, Masato Tamura, Toshiaki Takasu, Marohito Murakami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-11-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/345227