title: Dissociation between reading and written spelling in two Italian children: dyslexia without dysgraphia?
abstract: The reading and writing to dictation skills of two mentally retarded Italian boys were tested. In both cases, written spelling was greatly superior to reading, despite the fact that visual acuity was within normal limits and simple visual matching tasks were performed well. Phenotypically, these developmental cases are analogous to cases of acquired alexia without agraphia.
mesh_terms: D000381:Agraphia / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D004410:Dyslexia / Q000150:complications*; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading