Alexia and agraphia in posterior cortical atrophy

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 52-59

  Ardila, Alfredo ^b   Rosselli, Mónica ^b   Arvizu, Lilia ^a   Kuljis, Rodrigo O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agraphia; Alexia; Alzheimer's disease; Posterior cortical atrophy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGNOSIA; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; AMNESIA; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TIME; WRITING;

AGED; AGRAPHIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA, ACQUIRED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0031028109     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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