Cervical dystonia due to cerebellar stroke
✍ Scribed by Ivana Zadro; Vesna V. Brinar; Barbara Barun; David Ozretić; Mario Habek
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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✦ Synopsis
Sir, Although poststroke dystonia is usually associated with lesions of the lentiform nucleus, 1 recent reports suggest that cerebellum plays a key role in the pathogenesis of dystonia. 2,3 We describe a patient who developed cervical dystonia after ipsilateral cerebellar infarction.
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