Topographic disorientation: Two cases

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 660-663

  Pai, Ming Chyi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarct; Right posterior cerebral artery; Topographic disorientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISORIENTATION; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; SUBICULUM; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION;

EID: 0030763850     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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