Evolution of a form of pure alexia without agraphia in a child sustaining occipital lobe infarction at 2 1/4 years

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 417-420

  O'Hare, A E ^a   Dutton, G N ^b   Green, D ^c   Coull, Rosemary ^d  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Graysmill School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031777203     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb08218.x     Document Type: Article

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