Pure global acalculia following a left subangular lesion

Neurocase

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-328

  Martory, Marie Dominique ^a   Mayer, E ^a   Pegna, A J ^a   Annoni, J M ^a   Landis, T ^a   Khateb, A ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acalculia; Calculation; Gerstmann syndrome; Left parietal lesion; Number processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; GLOBAL ACALCULIA; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MODEL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEMANTICS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0041589752     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/neur.9.4.319.15549     Document Type: Article

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