Involuntary purposeful movements of a hand without sense of control.
- Specialty
- Neurology
- Subspecialty
- Neurology / Cortical syndromes
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Anarchic hand syndrome
Etiology & mechanism
Lesion of the corpus callosum or medial frontal lobe.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (3)
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Shares symptoms with
None.
Shares genes with
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