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... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Neurobehavioral Manifestations > Perceptual Disorders > Agnosia > Gerstmann Syndrome
... > Nervous System Diseases > Neurologic Manifestations > Neurobehavioral Manifestations > Perceptual Disorders > Agnosia > Gerstmann Syndrome
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Neurobehavioral Manifestations > Perceptual Disorders > Agnosia > Gerstmann Syndrome

Preferred term

Gerstmann Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • de Gerstmann, Syndrome
  • Finger-Agnosia-Left-Right-Confusion-Acalculia-Agraphia
  • Finger-Agnosia-Left-Right-Confusion-Acalculia-Agraphias
  • Gerstmann Badal Syndrome
  • Gerstmann-Badal Syndrome
  • Gerstmann's Syndrome
  • Gerstmann, Syndrome de
  • Syndrome de Gerstmann
  • Syndrome, Gerstmann-Badal

Note

  • do not confuse with GERSTMANN-STRAUSSLER SYNDROME, a prion disease

Scope note

  • A disorder of cognition characterized by the tetrad of finger agnosia, dysgraphia, DYSCALCULIA, and right-left disorientation. The syndrome may be developmental or acquired. Acquired Gerstmann syndrome is associated with lesions in the dominant (usually left) PARIETAL LOBE which involve the angular gyrus or subjacent white matter. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p457)

History note

  • 2000(1966)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005862

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