Alien limb syndrome

Evidence-based neurology checklist on alien limb syndrome: Neurodegenerative causes Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) Alzheimer’s disease (AD) Vascular causes Other causes Classification Clinical features Associated movements

Neurodegenerative causes

  • Corticobasal degeneration (CBD)
  • Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

Vascular causes

Other causes

Classification

Clinical features

Associated movements

References

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  2. Josephs KA, Rossor MN. The alien limb. Pract Neurol 2004; 4:44-45.
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  4. Erdal Y, Emre U, Cimen Atalar A, Gunes T. Alien hand syndrome and migraine with aura: a case report. Cephalalgia 2018; 38:1984-1987. 
  5. Yuan JL, Wang SK, Guo XJ, Hu WL. Acute infarct of the corpus callosum presenting as alien hand syndrome: evidence of diffusion weighted imaging and magnetic resonance angiography. BMC Neurol 2011; 11:142.
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