Visual deficits in alexia without agraphia

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Lepore, Frederick E ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexia; Angular gyms; Occipital lobe; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0031886599     PISSN: 01658107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/noph.19.1.1.3697     Document Type: Article

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