Alexia, Agraphia, and Frontal Lobe Damage

Abstract

The case history of a right-handed woman who developed severe and stable alexia and agraphia following a circumscribed surgical lesion in the premotor cortex is reported from the Department of Neurology, Division of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa.

Keywords

• alexia and agraphia
• frontal lobe
• neuroanatomical basis