Agraphia in aphasic patients
Wang, X.D.; Cai, X.J.
Chinese Medical Journal 99(4): 333-337
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0366-6999 PMID: 2431839 Document Number: 277507
Twenty five cases of agraphia in aphasic patients with cerebral vascular diseases are reported. The aphasic assessment scale designed by our department includes oral language, auditory language, reading and writing. There were differing degrees of agraphia in these patients. Examination showed that the copying score was much higher than the taking dictation and filling in blank scores. Patients also had good scores for writing their surnames and names in spontaneous writing. The score for taking dictation of Chinese characters of similar form was better than those for characters of similar tone and meaning. In this study, agraphic disorders as total agraphia, constructional disorders of writing, pictographic writing, repetitive writing, writing overproduction and mirror writing are described and discussed neuropsychologically.