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Bilateral perisylvian softenings: Bilateral anterior opercular syndrome (Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome)

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Five cases of facio-pharyngo-glosso-masticatory diplegia with automatic voluntary dissociation, i.e., bilateral anterior opercular syndrome (Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome), are described together with the morphological correlations in four. The localizing value of the syndrome and of CT scanning are stressed.

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Es werden fünf Fälle von Foix-Chavany-Marie-Syndrom beschrieben, und es wird das hierzu gehörige morphologische Substrat hervorgehoben.

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Preliminary findings were presented at the XXI Congress of the Italian Neurological Society (Catania, November 1979)

Following our normal practice, the names of the authors are listed alphabetically and this does not imply any senior or junior authorship

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Mariani, C., Spinnler, H., Sterzi, R. et al. Bilateral perisylvian softenings: Bilateral anterior opercular syndrome (Foix-Chavany-Marie syndrome). J. Neurol. 223, 269–284 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00313341

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