Alexia, Agraphia, and Frontal Lobe Damage

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-4-8-7

Alexia, Agraphia, and Frontal Lobe Damage

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 4 (1990): Issue 8

By: J Gordon Millichap

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|Aug 1990

Abstract

The case history of a right-handed woman who developed severe and stable alexia and agraphia following a circumscribed surgical lesion in the premotor cortex is reported from the Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-4-8-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 62 - 62

Published on: Aug 1, 1990

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Alexia and Agraphia,

Frontal Lobe,

Neuroanatomical Basis

© 1990 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 4 (1990): Issue 8