title: Alexia without agraphia in a postpartum eclamptic patient with factor V Leiden deficiency.
abstract: We present a case of eclampsia complicated by alexia without agraphia. To our knowledge, this syndrome has never before been described in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Haideh Yazdani
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Sabet
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blake
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: C095381:factor V Leiden; D005165:Factor V