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Absence of Response to Early Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Ischemic Stroke Patients

Giovanni Pennisi, Giuseppe Rapisarda, Rita Bella, Vittorio Calabrese, Alain Maertens de Noordhout, P. J. Delwaide

Stroke · 1999 · 147 citations · 13 references

Abstract

We conclude that in patients with complete hand palsy, the absence of response to TMS in the first hours is predictive of absent or very poor, not useful, hand motor recovery.

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