Abstract:Introduction: Ischemic stroke in young adults is less common than in older adults, but its occurrence warrants further investigation to determine the cause and appropriate treatment to improve outcome. One of the stroke manifestations is a disconnection syndrome, such as alexia without agraphia, a condition in which a patient cannot read but the ability to write remain relatively intact. Pure alexia is associated with the lesion in the medial occipitotemporal lobe in the dominant hemisphere, also known as the … Show more
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