Developmental Gerstmann’s syndrome: A distinct clinical entity of learning disabilities

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 267-278

  Suresh, Poovathinal A ^a   Sebastian, Swapna ^b  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Institute for Communicative and Cognitive Neuro Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISORIENTATION; DYSGRAPHIA; FEMALE; FINGER; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEIZURE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPEECH THERAPY; SYMPTOM; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; AGRAPHIA; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPEECH; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0034011663     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(99)00157-5     Document Type: Article

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