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  • Title: A Rare Clinical Antity; Pure Gerstmann Syndrome.
    Author: Tekgol Uzuner G, Ubur A, Erten M, Uzuner N.
    Journal: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis; 2020 Oct; 29(10):105161. PubMed ID: 32912538.
    Abstract:
    Gerstmann syndrome is defined as a tetrad including agraphia, acalculia, finger agnosia, and right-left disorientation. In the case studies presented in the literature, it has been reported that Gerstmann syndrome usually appears as an incomplete tetrad of symptoms or accompanied by cognitive deficits including aphasia, alexia, apraxia and some perceptual disorders. Here, we present of the patient with left angular and supramarginal gyrus infarction affecting the parietal lobe. In addition to the symptoms mentioned above, the patient had alexia and anomic aphasia as well. We discussed the clinic appearance and reviewed the current literature.
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