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The natural course of acalculia in left-brain-damaged patients
A Caporali1, F Burgio, A Basso
1Neurology Clinic, University of Milan, Italy.
Abstract:
Acalculia is a frequent disorder in left-brain-damaged patients but nothing is known about its natural course. We report a study on 51 vascular acalculic patients examined at least twice. Our results indicate that recovery from acalculia is possible in the first months post-stroke, that initial severity does not significantly influence recovery, and that it correlates with recovery of auditory comprehension.