In posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), there is a progressive impairment of high-level visual functions and parietal damage, which might predict the occurrence of visual neglect. However, neglect may pass undetected if not assessed with specific tests, and might therefore be underestimated in PCA. In this prospective study, we aimed at establishing the side, the frequency and the severity of visual neglect, visual extinction, and primary visual field defects in an unselected sample of PCA patients.
Andrade, K., Samri, D., Sarazin, M., De Souza, L., Cohen, L., Thiebaut De Schotten, M., Dubois, B., Bartolomeo, P., Visual neglect in posterior cortical atrophy, <<BMC NEUROLOGY>>, N/A; 10 (Gennaio): 68-68. [doi:10.1186/1471-2377-10-68] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/19680]
Visual neglect in posterior cortical atrophy
Andrade, Katia;Thiebaut De Schotten, Michel;Bartolomeo, Paolo
2010
Abstract
In posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), there is a progressive impairment of high-level visual functions and parietal damage, which might predict the occurrence of visual neglect. However, neglect may pass undetected if not assessed with specific tests, and might therefore be underestimated in PCA. In this prospective study, we aimed at establishing the side, the frequency and the severity of visual neglect, visual extinction, and primary visual field defects in an unselected sample of PCA patients.
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