title: The natural course of acalculia in left-brain-damaged patients.
abstract: Acalculia is a frequent disorder in left-brain-damaged patients but nothing is known about its natural course. We report a study on 51 vascular acalculic patients examined at least twice. Our results indicate that recovery from acalculia is possible in the first months post-stroke, that initial severity does not significantly influence recovery, and that it correlates with recovery of auditory comprehension.
authors.affiliation: Neurology Clinic, University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caporali
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Burgio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D018450:Disease Progression; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013028:Space Perception; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation