Alexia without agraphia in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 263, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 208-210

  Adair, John C ^a   Cooke, Norma ^b   Jankovic, Joseph ^b  

^a Neurology Service (127)   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexia; Creutzfeldt Jakob; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ALEXIA, PURE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 35748961689     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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