When the left brain is not right the right brain may be left: Report of personal experience of occipital hemianopia

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-173

  Cole, Monroe ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemianopia; Occipital; Visual hallucinations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 0032773886     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.67.2.169     Document Type: Article

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