The Syndrome of Apractognosia Due to Lesions of the Minor Cerebral Hemisphere

1956 Archives of Neurology And Psychiatry 238 citations

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Introduction Case Material Survey of Literature (H. H.) Case Analysis (H. H.) Auras and Sensations (H. H.) Note on Localization (W. P.) General Comment Summary Perhaps the setting of this study, which extends over a 10-year period, should be described at the outset. The patients reported were admitted, at various times, to the neurosurgical service of one of us (W. P.) in the Montreal Neurological Institute. The earlier cases were studied there by C. B. (now of Hopital Notre Dame, Montreal). In 1952 H. H. (Hopital Ste. Anne, Paris) spent a six-month period in Montreal, and many of these patients were called back so that he might study them carefully in the light of his previous interest in parietal lobe function. The remaining author, R. M. (Department of Psychiatry of McGill University), undertook special psychological studies of these patients. The argument,

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Minor (academic)MedicinePhilosophyHumanities

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Year
1956
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Volume
75
Issue
4
Pages
400-400
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238
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H. Hécaen (1956). The Syndrome of Apractognosia Due to Lesions of the Minor Cerebral Hemisphere. Archives of Neurology And Psychiatry , 75 (4) , 400-400. https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1956.02330220064007

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10.1001/archneurpsyc.1956.02330220064007