The selective inability to draw horizontal lines: A peculiar constructional disorder

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 795-798

  Grossi, Dario ^a,c   Fragassi, Nina Antonetta ^a   Giani, Enrico ^a   Trojano, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c Nuovo Policlinico   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constructional apraxia; Dementia; Visuospatial defects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0031777723     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.64.6.795     Document Type: Article

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