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J Clin Exp Neuropsychol · Jul 2009
Subcortical neglect is not always a transient phenomenon: evidence from a 1-year follow-up study.
- Monika Fruhmann Berger, Leif Johannsen, and Hans-Otto Karnath.
- Neuropsychology Section, Center of Neurology, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany.
- J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2009 Jul 1; 31 (5): 617-23.
AbstractCompared to cortical lesions, spatial neglect following subcortical stroke is most frequently seen as a mild and transient phenomenon. Since this assumption is based on only few observations, we reexamined the prognosis and severity of spatial neglect in patients with circumscribed right-sided basal ganglia or thalamic lesions in the acute and in the chronic phase of the stroke. On average, 1.15 years after stroke, spatial neglect had persisted in about 40% of the patients with subcortical lesions. The severity was reduced to about one third. The results argue against the view that spatial neglect following subcortical lesions typically has a favorable prognosis.
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