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Apraxia of eyelid opening secondary to right hemisphere infarction
Author(s) -
Johnston James C.,
Rosenbaum Daniel M.,
Picone Carmela M.,
Grotta James C.
Publication year - 1989
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.410250615
Subject(s) - apraxia , eyelid , right hemisphere , abnormality , medicine , psychology , audiology , neuroscience , surgery , aphasia , psychiatry
A variety of eyelid movement abnormalities have been attributed to lesions of the central nervous system. Apraxia of lid movements, and especially of lid opening, has received the least attention. We present 2 cases of lid opening apraxia and propose that this abnormality may be due to right hemisphere dysfunction.