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01-03-2016 | Letter to the Editor
Delayed leg weakness due to peri-lesional neural degeneration in a patient with intracerebral haemorrhage: case report
Authors:
Sung Ho Jang, Jeong Pyo Seo
Published in:
Acta Neurologica Belgica
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Issue 1/2016
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Excerpt
Stroke is often accompanied by neural degeneration [
1]. Many studies have reported on Wallerian degeneration that started immediately after neuronal injury at acute stage of stroke [
1‐
3]. Wallerian degeneration is a process characterized by degeneration of the nerve axon and its myelin sheath distal to the neural injury in the central and peripheral nervous system. By contrast, little is known about peri-lesional neural degeneration in stroke patients. …