Neuroimaging findings in a patient recovering from global alexia to spelling dyslexia

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-51

  Lanzinger, S ^a   Weder, B ^a   Oettli, R ^b   Fretz, C ^b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Global alexia; HM PAO hyperfixation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Recovery of function; Spelling dyslexia; 99mTc HM PAO SPECT

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; HEXAMETHYL PROPHYLENE AMINE OXIME TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; ALEXIA WITHOUT AGRAPHIA; ANOMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; HORN; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROIMAGING; VERTIGO;

EID: 0032904791     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon19999148     Document Type: Article

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