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Loss or impairment of the ability to write (letters, syllables, words, or phrases) due to an injury to a specific cerebral area or occasionally due to emotional factors. This condition rarely occurs in isolation, and often accompanies APHASIA. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p485; APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
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- Agraphias
- Acquired Agraphia
- Acquired Dysgraphia
- Constructional Agraphia
- Developmental Agraphia
- Developmental Dysgraphia
- Dysgraphia
- Pure Agraphia
- Acquired Agraphias
- Acquired Dysgraphias
- Agraphia, Acquired
- Agraphia, Constructional
- Agraphia, Developmental
- Agraphia, Pure
- Agraphias, Acquired
- Agraphias, Constructional
- Agraphias, Developmental
- Agraphias, Pure
- Constructional Agraphias
- Developmental Agraphias
- Developmental Dysgraphias
- Dysgraphia, Acquired
- Dysgraphia, Developmental
- Dysgraphias
- Dysgraphias, Acquired
- Dysgraphias, Developmental
- Pure Agraphias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Agraphia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000381. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000381
- Agraphia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agraphia
- Agraphia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395931