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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Alexia, Pure
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Alexia Pura
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Alexia Pura
Synonyms
English
:
Alexia Without Agraphia
Pure Alexia
Tree Number:
C10.597.606.150.500.300.200.100
C23.888.592.604.150.500.300.200.100
F03.615.700.500
Definition
English
:
Loss of the power to comprehend written
materials
despite preservation of the ability to write (i.e., alexia without
agraphia
). This condition is generally attributed to lesions that "disconnect" the
visual cortex
of the non-dominant hemisphere from
language
centers in the dominant hemisphere. This may occur when a dominant
visual cortex
injury is combined with underlying
white matter
lesions that involve crossing fibers from the
occipital lobe
of the opposite hemisphere. (From Adams et al., Principles of
Neurology
, 6th ed, p483)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
ALEXIA see
DYSLEXIA
is also available
History Note
English
:
2000
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VI
virology
Record Number:
34320
Unique Identifier:
D020237
Occurrence in VHL
:
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