Is Lesion of Exner’s Area Linked to Progressive Agraphia in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with Dementia? An Autopsy Case Report

Agraphia, as a neuropsychological symptom of ALS, especially ALS with dementia (ALS-D), has recently attracted more attention. However, the brain lesion responsible has not been identified. Here we present an autopsy case of ALS-D of a patient with obvious agraphia, without aphasia, that also presen...

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Main Authors: Kenji Ishihara, Hiroo Ichikawa, Yoshio Suzuki, Jun’ichi Shiota, Imaharu Nakano, Mitsuru Kawamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2010-0276