title: The environmental dependency syndrome, imitation behaviour and utilisation behaviour as presenting symptoms of bilateral frontal lobe infarction due to moyamoya disease.
abstract: The environmental dependency syndrome, imitation behaviour and utilisation behaviour may be the earliest and most subtle signs of bifrontal lobe dysfunction. A case is described in which these signs constituted the predominant deficits. The lesions responsible were bifrontal infarcts caused by moyamoya disease. The patient made an excellent recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Natal.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Bill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001519:Behavior; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D008297:Male; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed