Large Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage Presenting With Pure Alexia

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 428-430

  Thomas, Jarred J ^a   Sanford, Janyce M ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALEXIA, PURE; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 33947178801     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.09.015     Document Type: Article

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