title: Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration with Balint's syndrome.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, USA. mmendez@UCLA.edu
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Mendez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013577:Syndrome; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology