A selective agraphia of Kana
We report a patient who developed selective Kana (phonogram) agraphia following an infarct in the left middle frontal gyrus known as Exner's area. He had well-preserved ability for comprehension, reading, and writing Kanji (ideogram). Kana errors consisted of substitution with another letter wh...
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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1994-01-01
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| Series: | Behavioural Neurology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1994-7205 |
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| Summary: | We report a patient who developed selective Kana (phonogram) agraphia following an infarct in the left middle frontal gyrus known as Exner's area. He had well-preserved ability for comprehension, reading, and writing Kanji (ideogram). Kana errors consisted of substitution with another letter while the number of target words was well preserved. It is suggested that a dominant middle frontal gyrus lesion can result in agraphia. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-4180 1875-8584 |