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Hemiballism due to stroke, treated with tetrabenazine

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Hemiballism due to stroke, treated with tetrabenazine

This elderly woman developed right hemiballism following left subthalamic nucleus infarction and markedly improved with tetrabenazine, a dopamine-depleting drug. (Contributed by Dr. Joseph Jankovic.)

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