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Agnosia (Visual Agnosia) Summary

Description: Loss of the ability to comprehend the meaning or recognize the importance of various forms of stimulation that cannot be attributed to impairment of a primary sensory modality. Tactile agnosia is characterized by an inability to perceive the shape and nature of an object by touch alone, despite unimpaired sensation to light touch, position, and other primary sensory modalities.

Also Known As: Visual Agnosia; Agnosia for Pain; Agnosia for Smell; Agnosia for Taste; Agnosia for Temperature Show All >>

Networked: 52 relevant articles (2 outcomes, 5 trials/studies) for this Disease

Key Drugs and Agents for Agnosia

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. Valproic Acid (Valproate, Semisodium) : 1 outcome in 2 results : FDA 51 Generic
  2. Clonazepam (Rivotril) : 1 outcome in 2 results : FDA 16 Generic
  3. Risperidone (Risperdal Consta) : 1 outcome in 1 result : FDA 35 Generic
  4. Haloperidol (Haldol) : 1 outcome in 1 result : FDA 107 Generic
  5. olanzapine (Zyprexa) : 1 outcome in 1 result : FDA 13
  6. Coal : 1 study in 3 results : IBA
  7. Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime (Ceretec) : 1 study in 1 result : FDA 1
  8. Anticonvulsants (Antiepileptic Drugs) : 1 study in 1 result : IBA
  9. 4- N,N- dimethylamino- 1- naphthylisothiocyanate : 1 study in 1 result : IBA
  10. Carbon Monoxide : 7 results : IBA
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Diseases Related to Agnosia

  1. Apraxias (Dyspraxia)
  2. Aphasia (Dysphasia)
  3. Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
  4. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (Poisoning, Carbon Monoxide)
  5. Stroke (Strokes)
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Key Therapies for Agnosia

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  1. Sign Language : 1 study in 2 results
  2. Split-Brain Procedure (Split-Brain) : 1 result
  3. Anterior Temporal Lobectomy : 1 result
  4. Occupational Therapy (Therapy, Occupational) : 1 result
  5. Lipreading (Lip Reading) : 1 result
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