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Head-Holmes syndrome
Also known as:
Head's syndrome
Associated persons:
Sir Henry Head
Gordon Morgan Holmes
Description:
Sensory changes produced by lesions of the cerebral cortex and other parts of the brain. In delimited and unilateral damage to the thalamus these sensory changes include an impairment of the sense of taste and smell on the opposite side.
Bibliography:
- H. Head, G. Holmes:
Sensory disturbances from cerebral lesions.
Brain, Oxford, 1911; 34: 102.
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