Agraphia in Bulbar-Onset Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Not Merely a Consequence of Dementia or Aphasia

The clinical significance and characteristics of writing errors in bulbar-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are not clear. We retrospectively investigated writing samples in 19 patients with bulbar-onset ALS without preceding extra-motor symptoms. Co-development of dementia and/or aphasia wa...

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Main Authors: Hiroo Ichikawa, Nobuyoshi Takahashi, Soutaro Hieda, Hideki Ohno, Mitsuru Kawamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2008-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2008-0219