Thalamic alexia with agraphia

• Main Authors: Fábio Henrique de Gobbi Porto (Author), Maria Isabel d'Ávila Freitas (Author), Maira Okada de Oliveira (Author), Leandro Tavares Lucato (Author), Marco Orsini (Author), Sara Lúcia Silveira de Menezes (Author), Regina Miksian Magaldi (Author), Cláudia Sellitto Porto (Author), Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki (Author), Ricardo Nitrini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Alexia with agraphia is defined as an acquired impairment affecting reading and writing ability. It can be associated with aphasia, but can also occur as an isolated entity. This impairment has classically been associated with a left angular gyrus lesion In the present study, we describe a case invo...