Alexia, Agraphia, and Frontal Lobe Damage

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-4-8-7

Keywords:

Alexia and Agraphia, Frontal Lobe, Neuroanatomical Basis

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.

Published

1990-08-01

Issue

Section

Learning and Cognitive Disorders