Cerebellar-induced apraxic agraphia: A review and three new cases

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 424-434

  De Smet, Hyo Jung ^a,b   Engelborghs, Sebastiaan ^c,d   Paquier, Philippe F ^b,e,f   De Deyn, Peter P ^c,d   Mariën, Peter ^b,c,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c ZNA Middelheim ^*  (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apraxic agraphia; Cerebellum; Diaschisis; SPECT

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGRAPHIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DYSARTHRIA; DYSGRAPHIA; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLURRED SPEECH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRAPHIA; APRAXIAS; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; WRITING;

EID: 79957934368     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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