DOMINANT PARIETAL LOBE SIGNS

SUMMARY

Gerstmann's syndrome:
1. Agraphia (without alexia)
2. Acalculia
3. Right-left disorientation
4. Finger agnosia

Note: Most patients with the disorder, however, demonstrate additional neuropsychologic deficits, including constructional apraxia & mild aphasia.

Ref: Strub, R. and Black, F., 2000. The mental status examination in neurology. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Co.

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