Corticobasal Ganglionic Degeneration With Balint's Syndrome

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 2000 English Publisher:American Psychiatric Association PublishingJournal:The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, volume 12, pages 273-275 (issn: 0895-0172, eissn: 1545-7222,

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Authors: M F, Mendez;

doi: 10.1176/jnp.12.2.273 , 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12.2.273

pmid: 11001609

Corticobasal Ganglionic Degeneration With Balint's Syndrome

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Abstract

Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration (CBGD) is a neurodegenerative dementia characterized by asymmetric parkinsonism, ideomotor apraxia, myoclonus, dystonia, and the alien hand syndrome. This report describes a patient with CBGD who developed Balint's syndrome with simultanagnosia, oculomotor apraxia, and optic ataxia.

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University of California, Los Angeles
United States

Keywords

Male, Movement Disorders, Vision Disorders, Syndrome, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Perceptual Disorders, Basal Ganglia Diseases, Nerve Degeneration, Visual Perception, Humans, Aged

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