"Alexia, Pure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
Descriptor ID |
D020237
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MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.606.150.500.300.200.100 C23.888.592.604.150.500.300.200.100 F03.615.700.500
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Concept/Terms |
Alexia, Pure- Alexia, Pure
- Alexias, Pure
- Pure Alexias
- Pure Alexia
- Visual Verbal Agnosia
- Agnosia, Visual Verbal
- Agnosias, Visual Verbal
- Verbal Agnosia, Visual
- Verbal Agnosias, Visual
- Visual Verbal Agnosias
- Pure Alexia Without Agraphia
- Pure Word Blindness
- Blindness, Pure Word
- Blindnesses, Pure Word
- Pure Word Blindnesses
- Word Blindness, Pure
- Word Blindnesses, Pure
- Alexia Without Agraphia
- Agraphia, Alexia Without
- Agraphias, Alexia Without
- Alexia Without Agraphias
- Without Agraphia, Alexia
- Without Agraphias, Alexia
- Alexia Syndrome Without Agraphia
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2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alexia, Pure" by people in Profiles.
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Three-Dimensional Printed Brain Model of a Patient With Alexia Without Agraphia Syndrome. J Neuroophthalmol. 2023 06 01; 43(2):e55-e57.
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Seeing is not believing. Surv Ophthalmol. 2020 May - Jun; 65(3):386-390.
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Alexia Without Agraphia in a Right-Handed Individual Following Right Occipital Stroke. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2016; 23(1):65-9.
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Alexia without agraphia in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. J Neurol Sci. 2007 Dec 15; 263(1-2):208-10.