TY - JOUR
T1 - Transient fluent aphasia after acute meningitis
AU - Damásio, António R.
AU - Carvalho, Valentim de
AU - Calhau, E. Sousa
AU - Castro-Caldas, Alexandre
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1973/2
Y1 - 1973/2
N2 - A syndrome of fluent aphasia with alexia, agraphia, acalculia, right-left disorientation, and finger agnosia appeared after acute meningitis with unusually prolonged coma in a healthy, normal, 17 year old boy with a history of poor spelling. The syndrome lasted about two weeks and then cleared. The onset and transiency of such a distinctive clinical picture after generalized insult of the central nervous system and the role of the previous history of dysgraphia are discussed in the light of current views on the neurologic basis of cognitive and linguistic activity.
AB - A syndrome of fluent aphasia with alexia, agraphia, acalculia, right-left disorientation, and finger agnosia appeared after acute meningitis with unusually prolonged coma in a healthy, normal, 17 year old boy with a history of poor spelling. The syndrome lasted about two weeks and then cleared. The onset and transiency of such a distinctive clinical picture after generalized insult of the central nervous system and the role of the previous history of dysgraphia are discussed in the light of current views on the neurologic basis of cognitive and linguistic activity.
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U2 - 10.1212/wnl.23.2.171
DO - 10.1212/wnl.23.2.171
M3 - Article
C2 - 4631498
AN - SCOPUS:0015576836
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 23
SP - 171
EP - 173
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 2
ER -