Alexia without agraphia in a postpartum eclamptic patient with factor V Leiden deficiency

Haideh Yazdani Sabet; Pamela Blake; Dan Nguyen

Alexia without agraphia in a postpartum eclamptic patient with factor V Leiden deficiency

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2004 Mar;25(3):419-20.

Authors

Haideh Yazdani Sabet¹, Pamela Blake, Dan Nguyen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.

PMID: 15037465
PMCID: PMC8158536

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Alexia, Pure / blood
Alexia, Pure / diagnosis*
Blindness, Cortical / blood
Blindness, Cortical / diagnosis
Cerebral Hemorrhage / blood
Cerebral Hemorrhage / diagnosis
Corpus Callosum / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
Eclampsia / blood
Eclampsia / diagnosis*
Factor V / metabolism*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Occipital Lobe / pathology
Pregnancy
Puerperal Disorders / blood
Puerperal Disorders / diagnosis*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

factor V Leiden
Factor V