Alexia without agraphia in a postpartum eclamptic patient with factor V Leiden deficiency.
We present a case of eclampsia complicated by alexia without agraphia. To our knowledge, this syndrome has never before been described in the literature.
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Haideh Yazdani
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Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
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Pamela
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Nguyen
Dan
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D000328:Adult; D020237:Alexia, Pure / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019575:Blindness, Cortical / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005165:Factor V / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
C095381:factor V Leiden; D005165:Factor V