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Agnosia: Introduction

Agnosia: Agnosia is a rare disorder characterized by an inability to recognize and identify objects or persons despite having knowledge of the characteristics of the ... more about Agnosia.

Agnosia: Agnosia is a loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the specific sense is not defective nor is there any significant memory loss. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Agnosia is available below.

Symptoms of Agnosia

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Medical Textbooks Online about Agnosia

Medical Books Excerpts
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)

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Agnosia: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Misdiagnosis and Agnosia

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden inability to speak. This was initially misdiagnosed as a ...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions, such as a stroke...read more »

Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion diagnosis. The...read more »

MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is particularly true of mild traumatic...read more »

Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed. It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or ...read more »

Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return. A variety of symptoms can occur in post-concussion syndrome and these...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also occur in children. See ...read more »

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Agnosia: Rare Types

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Causes of Agnosia

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Prognosis for Agnosia

Prognosis for Agnosia: Agnosia can compromise quality of life. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Agnosia Information Page: NINDS)

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Agnosia: Broader Related Topics

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Article Excerpts about Agnosia

Agnosia is a rare disorder characterized by an inability to recognize and identify objects or persons despite having knowledge of the characteristics of the objects or persons. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Agnosia Information Page: NINDS)

Definitions of Agnosia:

Inability to recognize objects by use of the senses - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Agnosia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Agnosia, or a subtype of Agnosia, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)


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