Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 288, Issue 1 , Pages 25-33 , 15 January 2010

Alexia and agraphia with lesions of the angular and supramarginal gyri: Evidence for the disruption of sequential processing

  • Yasuhisa Sakurai

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neurology, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, 1, Kanda-Izumi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8643, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 3862 9111; fax: +81 3 5687 9765.
    • ,
  • Masahiko Asami
    • ,
  • Toru Mannen

Received 16 March 2009 ,Revised 28 August 2009 ,Accepted 14 October 2009.

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PII: S0022-510X(09)00911-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.10.015

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 288, Issue 1 , Pages 25-33 , 15 January 2010

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