Mirror writing and reversing single letters in stroke patients and normal elderly

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 436-441

  Balfour, Suzanne ^b   Borthwick, Sheena ^c   Cubelli, Roberto ^a   Della Sala, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apraxia; Left hand writing; Mirror writing; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MIRROR WRITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STROKE PATIENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 34249047006     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0384-8     Document Type: Article

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