Diseases

Dyscalculia

Impaired ability in numerical concepts. These inabilities arise as a result of primary neurological lesion, are syndromic (e.g., GERSTMANN SYNDROME ) or acquired due to brain damage.

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Impaired ability in numerical concepts. These inabilities arise as a result of primary neurological lesion, are syndromic (e.g., GERSTMANN SYNDROME ) or acquired due to brain damage.

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15 entry terms
  • Dyscalculias
  • Acalculia
  • Acquired Dyscalculia
  • Developmental Dyscalculia
  • Primary Dyscalculia
  • Secondary Acalculia
  • Acalculia, Secondary
  • Acalculias
  • Acquired Dyscalculias
  • Developmental Dyscalculias
  • Dyscalculia, Acquired
  • Dyscalculia, Developmental
  • Dyscalculia, Primary
  • Primary Dyscalculias
  • Secondary Acalculias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

2012

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Previous Indexing

  • Learning Disorders (1968-2011)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dyscalculia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D060705. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D060705
  2. Dyscalculia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia
  3. Dyscalculia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q742672