Acalculia: Its classification, aetiology and clinical management;Acalculia: Clasificación, etiología y tratamiento clínico

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 223-227

  Bermejo Velasco, Pedro Emilio ^a,b   Castillo Moreno, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acalculia; Alzheimer; Anarithmetria; Calculation; Dyscalculia; Gerstmann's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACALCULIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SYMPTOM; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33750591658     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4304.2005684     Document Type: Review

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