Selective impairment of facial recognition due to a haematoma restricted to the right fusiform and lateral occipital region

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 254-257

  Wada, Y ^a,b   Yamamoto, T ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI NAKATSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Prosopagnosia; Right fusiform gyrus; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGNOSIA; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN HEMATOMA; CASE REPORT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AGED; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FACE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034918418     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.71.2.254     Document Type: Article

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