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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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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Brain activations during letter-by-letter reading: A follow-up study
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… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Wernicke's and global aphasia without alexia.
It has been proposed that the comprehension of written language requires transcoding from the visual (grapheme) to the auditory… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Reading of ideograms and phonograms in Japanese patients after partial commissurotomy
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… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Alexia without agraphia, hemianopia, or color‐naming defect
A patient with alexia without agraphia, hemianopia, or color-naming defect was found at operation to have a meningioma arising… 
Review
1975
Review
1975
Ideogram reading in alexia.
A case of alexia with agraphia in a Japanese patient is presented. Reading difficulty was severe in words composed of phonograms… 
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