Recovery of an injured corticoreticulospinal tract in a patient with pontine hemorrhage
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Recovery of an injured corticoreticulospinal tract in a patient with pontine hemorrhage.
Dear editor, A 53-year-old male underwent conservative treatment for the management of spontaneous hemorrhage in the bilateral pontine tegmentum. Two weeks after onset, when he started rehabilitation, he showed mild quadriparesis with more severe proximal weakness and was not able to stand or walk independently. After four week’s rehabilitation, he had regained his ability to walk independently...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Stroke
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1747-4930,1747-4949
DOI: 10.1177/1747493015609933