Balint's syndrome arising from bilateral posterior cortical atrophy or infarction: Rehabilitation strategies and their limitation

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 300-304

  Perez, F M ^a   Tunkel, R S ^b   Lachmann, E A ^b   Nagler, W ^b  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agnosia; Case report; Dementia; Rehabilitation; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030004680     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638289609165884     Document Type: Conference Paper

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