The evolution of alexia and simultanagnosia in posterior cortical atrophy

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 76-82

  Mendez, Mario F ^a,b   Cherrier, Monique M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexia; Dementia; Posterior cortical atrophy; Simultanagnosia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ALEXIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGNOSIA; ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSLEXIA, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031861941     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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