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EDWIN A. WEINSTEIN, MD; MALVIN COLE, MD; MYFANWY S. MITCHELL, AB; OLGA G. LYERLY, AB

Arch Neurol. 1964;10(4):376-386.

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Although a half century has passed since Babinski¹ described anosognosia for hemiplegia, a considerable difference of opinion as to its nature remains. One feature that as yet has not been explained adequately is the great predominance of patients with anosognosia for left hemiplegia over those in whom the right side of the body is involved. In studies where the relative incidence is given, the ratio has ranged from eight to one in the series of Hécaen² to two to one in the studies of Nathanson, Bergman, and Gordon,³ and Battersby, Bender, Pollack, and Kahn.⁴

Despite different formulations, there is a fair consensus as to what clinical manifestations are included under the rubric of anosognosia. These are verbal negation of the paralyzed limbs, denial of their existence, and delusions, illusions, and hallucinations concerning the affected side including the phantom of an extra limb, and neglect of, and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
WASHINGTON, DC

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Oct 24, 1963; accepted Nov 13.

Present address: Neurological Unit, Seton Hall College of Medicine, Jersey City, N.J. (Dr. Cole).

The Washington School of Psychiatry and the Division of Neuropsychiatry, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.

Aided by a grant from the US Army Medical Research and Development Command, Office of the Surgeon General.

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