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Patient description |
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| Neglect |
Control |
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| Number |
28 |
22 |
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| Sex |
Female/male |
17/11 |
9/13 |
| Age |
Years, mean |
66.3 (39–83) |
69 (47–88) |
| Aetiology |
19 infarction |
17 infarction |
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| 9 haemorrhage |
5 haemorrhage |
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| Time lesion-exam |
Days, mean |
57.5 (17–195) |
74.1 (15–387) |
| Time lesion-scan |
Days, mean |
46.5 (3–478) |
50 (1–470) |
| Contralateral paresis |
N (percent) |
25 (89.3%) |
17 (77.3%) |
| Lesion volume |
ccm3 |
105 (9–235) |
38.9 (1–135) |
| Visual field defect |
N (percent) |
5 (17.9%) |
1 (4.6%) |
| Bells test |
Left omissions |
11.5 (2–15) |
0.9 (0–4) |
| Right omissions |
3 (0–9) |
0.5 (0–3) |
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| Line bisection |
% right deviation |
11.9 (-1–33) |
2.3 (-1–13) |
| Drawing neglect |
Mean |
0.8 (0–2) |
2 (2-2) |
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Demographic and clinical description of the neglect and control patients (range or percentage values indicated in parentheses). | |||
Golay et al. Behavioral and Brain Functions 2008 4:43 doi:10.1186/1744-9081-4-43 |
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