Acta Neurologica Belgica

June 2014, Volume 114, Issue 2, pp 133–134 | Cite as

Unilateral hand flapping as warning sign of stroke

• Authors
• Authors and affiliations

• Dimitri RenardEmail author
• Caroline Briere
• Marion Delorme
• Giovanni Castelnovo

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First Online: 05 July 2013

Received: 17 June 2013

Accepted: 24 June 2013

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Keywords

Hand flapping Asterixis Stroke Unilateral Warning sign 

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Conflict of interest

We have no conflict of interest to declare.

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© Belgian Neurological Society 2013

Authors and Affiliations

• Dimitri Renard
  • 1
  Email author
• Caroline Briere
  • 2
• Marion Delorme
  • 1
• Giovanni Castelnovo
  • 1

1. 1.Department of NeurologyCHU Nîmes, Hôpital CaremeauNîmes Cedex 4France
2. 2.Department of ElectrophysiologyCHU Nîmes, Hôpital CaremeauNîmes Cedex 4France