Gait apraxia after bilateral supplementary motor area lesion
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Gait apraxia after bilateral supplementary motor area lesion.
OBJECTIVES The study aimed at addressing the issue of the precise nature of gait apraxia and the cerebral dysfunction responsible for it. METHODS The case of a patient, affected by a bilateral infarction limited to a portion of the anterior cerebral artery territory is reported. The patient's ability to walk was formally assessed by means of a new standardised test. RESULTS Due to an anomal...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.72.1.77