Corticobasal Ganglionic Degeneration With Balint's Syndrome

Mario F. Mendez

Journal of Neuropsychiatry · 2000 · 42 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration (CBGD) is a neurodegenerative dementia characterized by asymmetric parkinsonism, ideomotor apraxia, myoclonus, dystonia, and the alien hand syndrome. This report describes a patient with CBGD who developed Balint's syndrome with simultanagnosia, oculomotor apraxia, and optic ataxia.

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