Pure somaesthetic alexia: Somaesthetic-verbal disconnection for letters

Brain

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 843-850

  Fukatsu, Reiko ^a   Fujii, Toshikatsu ^b   Yamadori, Atsushi ^b  

^a MIYAGI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agraphaesthesia; Somaesthetic alexia; Tactile agnosia; Tactile alexia; Tactile aphasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOUCH; WHITE MATTER;

AGRAPHIA; DYSLEXIA, ACQUIRED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SENSATION; TOUCH; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0031894096     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.5.843     Document Type: Article

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