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Case Reports
. 1994 Dec;39(6):178-9.
doi: 10.1177/003693309403900608.

Pure alexia without agraphia: a classical cortical syndrome revisited

J S Duffield  1 , R N de Silva, R Grant
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Pure alexia without agraphia: a classical cortical syndrome revisited

J S Duffield et al. Scott Med J. 1994 Dec.

Abstract

A patient who developed pure alexia without agraphia following a stroke is described. An infarction of the left occipital pole was demonstrated by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The literature on this rare syndrome is reviewed, and the localisation of damage in relation to the clinical findings discussed.

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