Pure apraxic agraphia: A disconnection syndrome after left subcortical stroke [3]

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Assmus, A ^a,b   Buss, A ^a   Milkereit, E L ^a   Meyer, J ^a   Fink, G R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agraphia; Disconnection syndrome; Handwriting; Subcortical infarction

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGRAPHIA; APRAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LETTER; LINGUISTICS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; STROKE; WRITING;

AGED; AGRAPHIA; APRAXIAS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846177898     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01525.x     Document Type: Letter

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