The enigma of Gerstmann's syndrome revisited: A telling tale of the vicissitudes of neuropsychology

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 320-332

  Rusconi, Elena ^a,b,c   Pinel, Philippe ^a,d,e   Dehaene, Stanislas ^a,d,e   Kleinschmidt, Andreas ^a,d,e  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d DIF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Acalculia; Agraphia; Finger agnosia; Gerstmann syndrome; Left right confusion

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; ALEXIA; ANOMIA; APRAXIA; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FINGER; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77249166064     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp281     Document Type: Review

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