The split hand sign

Amyotrophic Lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease characterized by pure motor asymmetric wasting of various muscles with associated upper motor neuron signs. The split hand sign, which is because of dissociated muscle weakness in the hands (thenar muscles disproportionately wasted as compared to the...

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Autores principales: Benny, Rajesh, Shetty, Kishore
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Cilnical Sign
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3424792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22919187
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.99700
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description Amyotrophic Lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease characterized by pure motor asymmetric wasting of various muscles with associated upper motor neuron signs. The split hand sign, which is because of dissociated muscle weakness in the hands (thenar muscles disproportionately wasted as compared to the hypothenar muscles) is a useful clinical sign for bed side diagnosis of ALS.
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spelling pubmed-34247922012-08-23 The split hand sign Benny, Rajesh Shetty, Kishore Ann Indian Acad Neurol Cilnical Sign Amyotrophic Lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease characterized by pure motor asymmetric wasting of various muscles with associated upper motor neuron signs. The split hand sign, which is because of dissociated muscle weakness in the hands (thenar muscles disproportionately wasted as compared to the hypothenar muscles) is a useful clinical sign for bed side diagnosis of ALS. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3424792/ /pubmed/22919187 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.99700 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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