Alexia without agraphia following biopsy of a left thalamic tumor

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 140-142

  Tamhankar, Madhura A ^a,b   Coslett, Harry B ^b   Fisher, Michael J ^a   Sutton, Leslie N ^a   Liu, Grant T ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEADACHE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM; VOMITING;

EID: 1342281713     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(03)00417-X     Document Type: Article

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