Posthemiplegic dystonia: clinical and radiological data of 12 patients

Secondary dystonia due to ischemic and/or hemorrhagic lesions of the basal ganglia and thalamus are rare. Among 2369 patients with stroke, only 12 patients (0.5%) developed posthemiplegic dystonia, which constituted 4.9% of 506 patients with dystonia. Posthemiplegic dystonia appeared as slow, twisti...

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Main Authors: Gülçin Benbir Şenel, Sibel Özekmekçi, Güneş Kızıltan, Erdem Öztürk, Hülya Apaydın, Sibel Ertan, Birsen İnce, Melda Bozluolcay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Turkish Society of Cerebrovascular Diseases 2015-08-01
Series:Türk Beyin Damar Hastalıkları Dergisi
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Online Access:http://www.journalagent.com/tbdhd/pdfs/TBDHD-33043-BRIEF_COMMUNICATION-BENBIR_SENEL.pdf