Agraphia for kanji resulting from a left posterior middle temporal gyrus lesion

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 93-106

  Sakurai, Yasuhisa ^a   Mimura, Imari ^a   Mannen, Toru ^a  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexia with agraphia; Fusiform gyrus; Kana; Kanji; Posterior middle temporal gyrus; Pure agraphia; Visual word form area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TEMPORAL LOBE; WRITING;

EID: 47849126660     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/393912     Document Type: Article

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