Diseases

Prosopagnosia

The inability to recognize a familiar face or to learn to recognize new faces. This visual agnosia is most often associated with lesions involving the junctional regions between the temporal and occipital lobes. The majority of cases are associated with bilateral lesions, however unilateral damage to the right occipito-temporal cortex has also been associated with this condition. (From Cortex 1995 Jun;31(2):317-29).

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The inability to recognize a familiar face or to learn to recognize new faces. This visual agnosia is most often associated with lesions involving the junctional regions between the temporal and occipital lobes. The majority of cases are associated with bilateral lesions, however unilateral damage to the right occipito-temporal cortex has also been associated with this condition. (From Cortex 1995 Jun;31(2):317-29).

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17 entry terms
  • Agnosia for Faces
  • Facial Recognition Agnosia
  • Agnosia for Face
  • Agnosia, Facial Recognition
  • Agnosias, Facial Recognition
  • Facial Recognition Agnosias
  • Prosopagnosias
  • Recognition Agnosia, Facial
  • Recognition Agnosias, Facial
  • Prosopagnosia, Acquired
  • Prosopagnosia, Developmental
  • Acquired Prosopagnosia
  • Acquired Prosopagnosias
  • Developmental Prosopagnosia
  • Developmental Prosopagnosias
  • Prosopagnosias, Acquired
  • Prosopagnosias, Developmental

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2000

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Previous Indexing

  • Agnosia (1967-1999)
  • Vision Disorders (1967-1999)

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  1. C10w.597.606.762.100w.650w
  2. C23.888w.592.604.764.100w.650w
  3. F01.700.750.100w.650w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Prosopagnosia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020238. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020238
  2. Prosopagnosia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopagnosia
  3. Prosopagnosia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q244438