Alexia without agraphia in multiple sclerosis: Case report with magnetic resonance imaging localization

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 705-707

  Mao Draayer, Yang ^a   Panitch, Hillel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexia without agraphia; MRI; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BETA1A INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE COURSE; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ALEXIA, PURE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; OCCIPITAL LOBE;

EID: 9744237253     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1352458504ms1075cr     Document Type: Article

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