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Descriptor English:   Gerstmann Syndrome 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndrome de Gerstmann 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndrome de Gerstmann 
Synonyms English:   Acquired Gerstmann Syndrome
Acquired Gerstmann's Syndrome
Developmental Gerstmann Syndrome
Developmental Gerstmann's Syndrome
Developmental Gerstmanns Syndrome
Finger-Agnosia-Left-Right-Confusion-Acalculia-Agraphia
Finger-Agnosia-Left-Right-Confusion-Acalculia-Agraphias
Gerstmann Badal Syndrome
Gerstmann Syndrome 2
Gerstmann Syndrome, Acquired
Gerstmann Syndrome, Developmental
Gerstmann's Syndrome
Gerstmann's Syndrome, Acquired
Gerstmann's Syndrome, Developmental
Gerstmann, Syndrome de
Gerstmann-Badal Syndrome
Syndrome de Gerstmann
Syndrome, Acquired Gerstmann
Syndrome, Acquired Gerstmann's
Syndrome, Developmental Gerstmann
Syndrome, Gerstmann
Syndrome, Gerstmann-Badal
de Gerstmann, Syndrome  
Tree Number:   C10.597.606.762.100.300
C23.888.592.604.764.100.300
F01.700.750.100.300
Definition English:   A disorder of cognition characterized by the tetrad of finger agnosia, dysgraphia, DYSCALCULIA, and right-left disorientation. The syndrome may be developmental or acquired. Acquired Gerstmann syndrome is associated with lesions in the dominant (usually left) PARIETAL LOBE which involve the angular gyrus or subjacent white matter. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p457) 
Indexing Annotation English:   do not confuse with GERSTMANN-STRAUSSLER SYNDROME, a prion disease
See Related English:   Dyscalculia
 
History Note English:   2000(1966) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   29398 
Unique Identifier:   D005862 

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