Two types of Gerstmann syndrome have been identified: an acquired form that occurs in adults who have suffered brain injury through stroke or trauma, and a developmental form that has been noted in children.
Gerstmann syndrome is a permanent disorder. It will last an individual's lifetime.
There is no cure for Gerstmann syndrome. Neither children nor adults with this disorder will recover completely from its effects.
Gerstmann syndrome is a cluster of neurological symptoms that includes difficulty writing (dysgraphia or agraphia), difficulty with arithmetic (dyscalculia or acalculia), an inability to distinguish left from right.
The brain area that seems to be primarily responsible for the deficits seen in Gerstmann syndrome appears to be the parietal lobe, which is located behind the frontal lobe.
In adults, Gerstmann syndrome may be acquired when bleeding into the brain during a stroke or after a traumatic head injury occurs in an area of the left parietal lobe called the angular gyrus.
Josef Gerstmann died in 1969.
Josef Gerstmann was born in 1887.
Jeff Gerstmann was born on 1975-08-01.
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The neurological basis of the disorder should be clearly explained, and reasonable bypass strategies should be immediately identified and implemented.
Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease is always fatal.