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Brown-Séquard syndrome also known as Brown-Séquard’s hemiplegia and Brown-Séquard’s paralysis is a loss of sensation and motor function (paralysis and anesthesia) that is caused by the lateral hemisection (cutting) of the spinal cord. Other synonyms are hemiparaplegic syndrome hemiplegia et hemiparaplegia spinalis and spinal hemiparaplegia. It is named after physiologist Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard who first described the condition in 1850.
