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Lid abnormalities secondary to cerebral hemisphere lesions
Author(s) -
Nutt John G.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410010208
Subject(s) - ptosis , right hemisphere , medicine , lateralization of brain function , western hemisphere , cerebral hemisphere , psychology , surgery , audiology , radiology , history , ethnology
Abstract Two patients developed bilateral ptosis and difficulty initiating lid elevation that could not be explained by the ptosis after right hemisphere infrarctions. The patients also had frontal release signs, and it is suggested that the lid abnormalities were secondary to bilateral cortical disease.