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