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The Japanese journal of neuropsychology

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ArticleTitle Pure agraphia with dissociation between spontaneous writing and writing to dictation
Language J
AuthorList Yuichiro Inatomi1), Toshiko Yoshinaga2), Koichi Tagawa3), Toshiro Yonehara1), Teruyuki Hirano4) and Makoto Uchino4)
Affiliation 1) Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital
2) Department of Rehabilitation, Yoshizuka-Hayashi Hospital
3) Center of Higher Brain Dysfunction, Haradoi Hospital
4) Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
Publication Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 22 (3), 219-225, 2006
Received Jul 25, 2005
Accepted Mar 2, 2006
Abstract A 68 year-old woman was suffered from pure agraphia due to left parietal infarction. In the present case, voluntary writing was normal, although repetition, naming by writing were severely disabled. Moreover, agraphia about kan-ji letters was more severe than that about kana letters. It was suggested that, in the present case, the unification process of each sensory input into graphic output was disturbed.
Keywords pure agraphia, brain infarction, voluntary writing, dictation

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