(18) Lesions of the dominant (left) angular gyrus are associated with the syndromes of alexia with agraphia. Agrafia coincides with other language disorders such as Alexia, apraxia, aphasia and agnosia. Alexia pure or without agraphia. Alexia without agraphia in a child with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Pure alexia as a syndrome was first described more than 120 years ago, but researchers still disagree on the cause of the reading problems. Definition: is the inability to write or spell due to motor problems or as a result of a neurological disorder of the brain. It can be associated with aphasia, but can also occur as an isolated entity. Alexia with agraphia is defined as an acquired impairment affecting reading and writing ability. That is, alexia is a loss of the ability to read, and is not related to motor abnormalities, as is the case with agraphia and alexic-agraphia. Individuals with agraphia can not write, and those who can write something often have difficulty or inability to spell. study. Neurology 2006; 67:725. Post-stroke language disorders are frequent and include aphasia, alexia, agraphia and acalculia. It is also called blindness for words. A 2-stage treatment protocol was administered to strengthen sublexical skills (phonological treatment) and to train interactive use of Multiple Sclerosis , 10 (6), 705–707. Mao-Draayer Y, Panitch H. Alexia without agraphia in multiple sclerosis: case report with magnetic resonance imaging localization. Alexia is a form of dyslexia but dyslexia is developmental, meaning that it does not happen from an occurrence such as a stroke or traumatic brain injury. It is quite common for alexia to be accompanied by expressive aphasia (the inability to speak in sentences), and agraphia (the inability to write). This type of alexia is one in which only severe difficulties appear or the complete impossibility in the visual recognition of letters or words, although the subject can write correctly (despite not being able to understand what he has written). Both exhibited characteristic features of phonological alexia and agraphia in that reading and spelling performance for real words was better preserved than nonwords (lexicality effect). (17) Alexia without agraphia occurred in a 41-year-old man suffering from a left occipital brain tumor. (19) We conclude that agraphia in AD can be variously determined and that agraphia is not a reliable marker for familial disease. Alexia without agraphia in multiple sclerosis: case report with magnetic resonance imaging localization. Google Scholar All alexia is not the same, however. Alexia is a reading disability acquired as a result of an event such as a stroke. 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