Pure alexla due to a fusiform gyrus lesion

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 154-156

  Takada, Toshihiro ^a   Sakurai, Yasuhisa ^b   Takeuchil, Sosuke ^a   Sakuta, Manabu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexia with agraphia; Angular gyrus; Fusiform gyrus; Kanji; Pure alexia

Indexed keywords

AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISION; AGED; MALE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DYSLEXIA, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; MALE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031993459     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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