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Case Reports
. 2015 Jul 21;85(3):295-6.
doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001754.

Reversible cursive agraphia

Marcelo Matiello  1 , Eli Zimmerman  2 , David Caplan  2 , Adam B Cohen  2
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Case Reports

Reversible cursive agraphia

Marcelo Matiello et al. Neurology. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1. Patient's handwriting on 3 different occasions
Valentine's card handwritten by the patient (A) 1 month prior to presentation, (B) a handwritten copy produced by the patient at the time of presentation (after being asked to use her normal cursive handwriting), and (C) 5 days after resection of the skull-based metastasis.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Brain MRI
(A) Axial and (B) sagittal brain MRI, postgadolinium spoiled gradient recalled echo sequence, shows a large, enhancing calvarial lesion, exerting mass effect on left frontal lobe.
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