Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology
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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.
Compared 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. ⋯ 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.