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Alexia

Known as: Alexias, Text blindness, Word blindness 
An acquired type of sensory aphasia where damage to the brain leads to the loss of the ability to read. [HPO:probinson]
National Institutes of Health

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Dyslexia
Primary visual agnosia

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2014
2014
Mercury control : for coal-derived gas streams
Preface INTRODUCTION FATE OF MERCURY IN THE ENVIRONMENT REGULATIONS US Regulations International Regulations and Trends TRACE… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Two systems for colour-naming defects: Verbal disconnection vs colour imagery disorder
Review
1986
Review
1986
Anatomy of posterior pathways in reading: A reassessment
1984
1984
Visual agnosia without alexia
A 41-year-old man presented with bilateral posterior cerebral artery infarcts. He had visual object agnosia and prosopagnosia… 
1984
1984
Cerebral dominance in biological perspective
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Right thalamic injury, impaired visuospatial perception, and alexia
In pure alexia, acquired inability to read contrasts with normal speech and handwriting. Rare cases of right hemisphere lesions… 
1979
1979
Reversible alexia, mitochondrial myopathy, and lactic acidemia
A 11-year-old boy of short stature had recurrent right temporal pounding headaches of 7 months' duration, and progressive visual… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Speech disturbances in presenile dementia related to local cerebral blood flow abnormalities in the dominant hemisphere
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
The third alexia.
A variety of alexia has been demonstrated that can be distinguished from the two classically recognized types of alexia. This… 
1977
1977
Alexia without agraphia and the inferior splenium
A patient who had alexia without agraphia, right homonymous hemianopia, and intact color-naming was studied anatomically… 
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