Gerstmann-Sträussler syndrome


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Gerstmann,

Josef, Austrian neurologist, 1887-1969.
Gerstmann syndrome - finger agnosia, agraphia, confusion of laterality of body, and acalculia caused by lesions between the occipital area and the angular gyrus.
Gerstmann-Sträussler syndrome - a more chronic cerebellar form of spongiform encephalopathy.
Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome

Sträussler,

E., Austrian physician.
Gerstmann-Sträussler syndrome - see under Gerstmann
Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome
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