Agraphia in intellectually normal Japanese patients with ALS: Omission of kana letters

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 256, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1455-1460

  Satoh, Masayuki ^a,c   Takeda, Katsuhiko ^b   Kuzuhara, Shigeki ^c  

^a Mie St Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^b International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Kana; Moraic segmentation disturbance; Omission of kana letters (OKL)

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; IODINE 123; ISOPROPYL AMPHETAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGRAPHIA; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; JAPANESE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGRAPHIA; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; WRITING;

EID: 69549091727     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5136-0     Document Type: Article

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