Diseases

Gerstmann Syndrome

A disorder of cognition characterized by the tetrad of finger agnosia, dysgraphia, DYSCALCULIA, and right-left disorientation. The syndrome may be developmental or acquired. Acquired Gerstmann syndrome is associated with lesions in the dominant (usually left) PARIETAL LOBE which involve the angular gyrus or subjacent white matter. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p457)

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A disorder of cognition characterized by the tetrad of finger agnosia, dysgraphia, DYSCALCULIA, and right-left disorientation. The syndrome may be developmental or acquired. Acquired Gerstmann syndrome is associated with lesions in the dominant (usually left) PARIETAL LOBE which involve the angular gyrus or subjacent white matter. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p457)

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23 entry terms
  • Finger-Agnosia-Left-Right-Confusion-Acalculia-Agraphia
  • Gerstmann's Syndrome
  • Gerstmann-Badal Syndrome
  • Syndrome de Gerstmann
  • Finger-Agnosia-Left-Right-Confusion-Acalculia-Agraphias
  • Gerstmann Badal Syndrome
  • Gerstmann, Syndrome de
  • Syndrome, Gerstmann
  • Syndrome, Gerstmann-Badal
  • de Gerstmann, Syndrome
  • Acquired Gerstmann Syndrome
  • Acquired Gerstmann's Syndrome
  • Developmental Gerstmann Syndrome
  • Developmental Gerstmann's Syndrome
  • Gerstmann Syndrome 2
  • Developmental Gerstmanns Syndrome
  • Gerstmann Syndrome, Acquired
  • Gerstmann Syndrome, Developmental
  • Gerstmann's Syndrome, Acquired
  • Gerstmann's Syndrome, Developmental
  • Syndrome, Acquired Gerstmann
  • Syndrome, Acquired Gerstmann's
  • Syndrome, Developmental Gerstmann

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

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do not confuse with GERSTMANN-STRAUSSLER SYNDROME, a prion disease

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2000(1966)

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  1. C10w.597.606.762.100w.300w
  2. C23.888w.592.604.764.100w.300w
  3. F01.700.750.100w.300w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gerstmann Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005862. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005862
  2. Gerstmann Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerstmann_syndrome
  3. Gerstmann Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1515119