Visuospatial deficits with preserved reading ability in a patient with posterior cortical atrophy

Cortex

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 535-543

  Mendez, M F ^a  

^a VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexia; Dementia; Posterior cortical atrophy; Reading; Spatial disorientation; Visual agnosia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ALEXIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISORIENTATION; DISSOCIATION; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; METABOLIC DISORDER; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHONETICS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; READING; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0034782012     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70592-6     Document Type: Article

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