ABSTRACT
The authors present a historical review of the contribution of Professor Abraham Akerman to Brazilian neurology, including the famous sign known as "the Alajouanine-Akerman unstable ataxic hand".
Subject(s)
Neurology/history , Brazil , History, 19th Century , History, 20th CenturyABSTRACT
The authors present a historical review of the contribution of Professor Abraham Akerman to Brazilian neurology, including the famous sign known as “the Alajouanine-Akerman unstable ataxic hand”.
Os autores apresentam uma revisão histórica sobre a contribuição do Professor Abraham Akerman para a Neurologia brasileira, incluindo o famoso sinal “Mão instável atáxica de Alajouanine-Akerman”.
Subject(s)
History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , Neurology/history , BrazilABSTRACT
The authors describe a case report of a patient with parakinesia brachialis oscitans, which occurred during thrombolytic therapy, in a patient with left-middle cerebral artery occlusion.
