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SUBMITTER: Jiang S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6995745 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Annals of translational medicine 20200101 1
Mirror movements (MMs), which are involuntary movements of one limb that synchronously mirror voluntary movements of the contralateral limb, are a relatively uncommon complication of strokes. Here we report what appears to be the first case of putamen infarction manifesting as MMs in one side of the body induced by contralateral hemiballism. MMs and hemiballism were nearly entirely eliminated after one week of clonazepam and haloperidol therapy. During the subsequent one year of standard ischemi ...[more]